The American Spinster
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How to Enjoy Cooking for One
Whether you love to cook or you’ve never even used your stove top, cooking for one can be a challenge. This guide will show you can you can enjoy cooking for one no matter what your dining preferences are. If you really enjoy preparing a good meal, you may be annoyed by how difficult it…
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How to Tell Your Parents You’re Childfree (without breaking their hearts)
So you know you’re going to stay childfree… but how to tell your parents? Just as it’s assumed that women will have babies, it’s also assumed that parents will become grandparents. How many times in TV, movies, and day-to-day life have you heard the parent of an adult say, “I want grandbabies”? But as you…
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Top 10 Real-Life Spinsters: #6 – Greta Garbo
#6: Greta Garbo Greta Garbo and Lillian Gish (both film stars from 1920s) were contenders for this spot on the list, but while Gish is still better known for her stardom rather than her spinsterhood, Garbo has become most remembered for her desire for solitude. While Garbo insists that she herself never said “I want…
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Top 10 Real-Life Spinsters: #7 – Emily Dickinson
7. Emily Dickinson One of history’s most famous reclusive writers. Dickinson, from the outside, may have been the image of a madwoman in the attic. However, her extreme social phobia didn’t prevent her from being an incredibly prolific (albeit, posthumous) poet. Dickinson wrote about 1800 poems, but published less than a dozen during her life.…
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Top 10 Real-Life Spinsters: #8 – Anne Brontë
8. Anne Brontë Writer, Social Critic, Lifelong Spinster Of the three sisters (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne), only Anne Brontë makes this list. While Charlotte’s Jane Eyre rightly receives praise for its surprisingly strong-willed and independent female protagonist, Charlotte – like Jane – was happily married. The other two sisters remained unmarried until their early deaths,…
