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Surplus Women

Why are spinsters always solving mysteries?

Shedunnit

October 31, 201821m 13s

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Show Notes

Why are spinsters always solving mysteries?

Contributors:

Rosemary Cresswell, senior lecturer in global history at the University of Hull. Follow her on Twitter @RosieCresswell.

Camilla Nelson, associate professor of writing at the University of Notre Dame Australia.

—Helen Parkinson

Further reading:

A field guide to spinsters in English fiction

'Surplus women': a legacy of World War One?

Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson.

The Shadow of Marriage by Katherine Holden

Unnatural Death by Dorothy L Sayers

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You can find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/surpluswomentranscript.

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