unmarried

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Steve Hindley's wife Judith struggled to talk about what happened to her as a teenager when she was sent, pregnant and terrified, to a home for unmarried mothers in Kendal, Cumbria.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

One of the country's leading experts in homes for unmarried mothers has spent months piecing together surviving records about St Monica's, which was run by the Church of England.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

A 38-year-old unmarried man who has worked in a bookstore for the last 20 years, he is decidedly a creature of habit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

A commission that drafts model laws for states to consider recently proposed allowing unmarried couples to enter into agreements about how to divide property and to bring claims against each other if they split.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

In another letter to Anthony, Stanton confessed that she often wished she “were as free” as her unmarried friend so that she could “stump the State in a twinkling.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling