In the past, this was also the only day that unmarried ladies could be seen with their partners.
She couldn't fathom why such a man would address a letter to her as if she were an unmarried lady.
There were 2,200 shirts, and "on each shirt was the name of the married or unmarried lady who made it."
A gentleman cannot travel alone with two unmarried ladies.
The contest is open to married and unmarried ladies.
Ladies, especially unmarried ladies, did not undress in the company of a doctor.
The usual custom was that if no daughter of the house were available, the task went to another unmarried lady.
Some of us might be young unmarried girls, others aged ladies of 40 or 50.
Anybody would think you'd spent your life checking unmarried ladies into motels.
So a lot of unmarried ladies come here every Monday to pray that they will find such a thing.