Victorian women were once asked why they were spinsters and their responses were incredible

In other spinster-related news, writer Sophia Benoit recently went viral after she Tweeted that she had discovered that the word spinster was actually reserved for women aged 23-26, and that after you turn 26, and you're still unmarried, women were referred to as Thornbacks. Yes, you read that correctly. 

In the tweet she wrote: 

Omg I just found out that spinster used to be reserved for women 23-26 and that after you turned 26 if you were unmarried you became a.... THORNBACK. How f****** great is that name!?