Froide, Amy2024-08-272024-08-272002Froide, A. M. “Hidden Women: Rediscovering Singlewomen in Early Modern England,” Local Population Studies 68 (Spring 2002): 26-41. http://www.localpopulationstudies.org.uk/PDF/LPS68/LPS68_2002_26-41.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/35783Amy Froide attempts to estimate the proportion ofsingle (that is, never-married) women in the adult female populationusing the Marriage Duty assessments. Froide explains that various biasesin the Marriage Duty listings, not to mention some conventions adoptedby historical demographers, mean that, unless the analyst is careful,some adult ‘singlewomen’ will not be identified (mainly because theywill be classified as children). Using data from Southampton, she showsthat single women comprised at least one third of the adult femalepopulation of the city in the 1690s. More generally, a higher proportionof adult women was single, and a lower proportion married, in urbanareas than in the countryside. Indeed, in the towns for which data areavailable, fewer than half of the adult women were married.16 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.Text