Description The first duty of any female was to marry well and bear children, particularly an heir.
So when a beloved member of one\'s family attempts to force spinsterhood upon another for their own ends, the wickedness is all the more wicked..
Spinsters for life were expected to nurse their elderly relatives or to care for their sibling\'s children or worse still, become a governess.
Failure to achieve this was a cause of contempt, no one respected \'the Old Maid\'.
Description The first duty of any female was to marry well and bear children, particularly an heir