"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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‘Spinster’ and ‘Bachelor’ Were, Until 2005, Official Terms for Single People
Being single is hard enough without these pejoratives.Kat Eschner (Smithsonian Magazine)