Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800
@inproceedings{Bennett1999SinglewomenIT,
title={Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800},
author={Judith M. Bennett and Amy. Froide},
year={1999}
}Highlights the important minority of women who never married and addresses the critical matter of differences among women from the perspective of marital status.
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