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University of Wollongong Historical Journal
Article Title
The Victorian theory of spinsterhood
Abstract
In 1897 'John Le Breton' published a novel called Miss Tudor, introducing a certain Mrs Richardson and her two daughters. The elder daughter, who was married, 'seemed a person to be looked up to as one having attained an assured position in the world'. The younger, who was not married, was a person of no consequence as far as her mother was concerned.
This paper has been withdrawn.