Show DATES FROM ANCIENT TIMES TIES Why the Unmarried Female of Today Is II Officially Designated by the Word Spinster The word spinster comes down from old English times when the males mates and ond females of at a family were described as of the spear side or spindle side from tram the different occupations occupations oc oc- oc of ot the sexes While the themen themen men worked or fought the tho women stopped at home bome spinning wool or linen In those days day every woman whether er It single or married was a spinster because in the literal meaning ot of the word ord her chief work was spinning while the men fought fo or hunted Gradually the word spinster cameto came cameto cameto especially the unmarried to mean more It possibly because ned ried daughters was understood that they were spinning spin ning for themselves and the future bottom drawer whereas the word wife meant literally one who bad had been beena and therefore was not now a n weaver Later spinster stood exclusively for tor forthe forthe I Ithe the unmarried and in 1617 It became the legal term for such |