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"Spinster" denoted unmarried women who spun wool. Highly skilled spinsters were paid enough to afford not to marry. Despite later applied derogatory connotations, it's origin is a word that included independent women who rejected marriage and male partners entirely.

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An unknown woman spinning with a wooden wheel, circa 1900.  Her hair is in a bun and she wears an apron over her long skirt.  A younger, barefoot woman, wearing a shorter dress, is standing in the background.