Boss Tweed was dead, and the new woman he had become yearned to avenge him.
Despite this self-sufficiency, many women still yearn for a partner, a father for their children, a "whole" family.
Not every woman wants a battle to fight, but every woman yearns to be fought for.
She herself was not impervious to the incredible appeal that made women yearn for Niall.
A woman may satisfy herself sexually but yearns for the ego-gratification that comes from the sport of seduction.
A woman flees yet yearns for a man chosen to be her mate on a distant planet.
A woman yearns for some January sun until an airport encounter changes everything.
Somehow, some centuries ago, some woman, our ancestor, yearned so strongly for a child that she learned to have one by herself.
WE know from earlier studies that women yearn for greater intimacy with men.
A woman may yearn for love, too, may she not?