bachelor girl
Single independent woman
A bachelor girl is a young unmarried woman living independently, especially one with a career.
The term emerged in the late 19th century as women began entering the workforce and maintaining their own households.
It carries an old-fashioned, slightly quaint tone today: She was a bachelor girl about town, with her own apartment and a job at the newspaper.
The parallel to bachelor emphasizes autonomy rather than availability for marriage.
One in number
- spinsterUnmarried older woman
- maidenUnmarried young woman
- unwedNot hitched
- eligibleMeeting required conditions
unattached · unmarried · singleton · available · uncommitted · solitary · spinsterhood · free
Depending on oneself alone
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- singlehoodUnmarried state
unattached · solo · apartment · career · city life · dating · modern · young
Militant women's voting advocate
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- roaring twentiesProsperous 1920s period
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- modernityBeing of present times
Jazz Age · bobbed hair · speakeasy · cigarette holder · liberation · progressive · reform · Victorian
Credentialed in one's field
- working womanEmployed female professional
- officeProfessional work location
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- typistOne who keyboards
clerk · shopgirl · employment · job · workplace · colleagues · commute · salary
single
One in number
eligible · unattached · unmarried · singleton · available · uncommitted · solitary · spinsterhood · free · unpledged
self-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
singlehood · unattached · solo · apartment · career · city life · dating · modern · young · urban
suffragette
Militant women's voting advocate
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- roaring twentiesProsperous 1920s period
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
modernity · Jazz Age · bobbed hair · speakeasy · cigarette holder · liberation · progressive · reform · Victorian · Edwardian
professional
Credentialed in one's field
- working womanEmployed female professional
- officeProfessional work location
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
typist · clerk · shopgirl · employment · job · workplace · colleagues · commute · salary · promotion
bachelor girlwife
Female marriage partner
married woman · bride · newlywed · matron · Mrs.
bachelor girlhousewife
Home-focused married woman
matron · homemaker · family woman · stay-at-home mom · mother
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