do you know someone who is a widow?
I do, actually. My grandmother. My grandfather's passing made me look into widows. It's a touchy subject, and apparently the treatment of widows and widowers varies greatly throughout the world.
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In my grandmother's case, and as with a lot of cases with widows, it's tough when the husband passes, because often they're the only provider, so they're left to be destitute.
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But luckily in some parts of the world, especially in patriarchal societies, they're granted economic independence to maintain, and they keep their spouse's businesses and given other certain rights.
aww im so sorry.. can someone of any age be a widow?
economic independence. A woman would carry on her spouse's business and be accorded certain rights, such as entering guilds. More recently, widows of political figures have been among the first women elected to high office in many countries, such as Corazón Aquino or Isabel Martínez de Perón.
In 19th-century Britain, widows had greater opportunity for social mobility than in many other societies. Along with the ability to ascend socio-economically, widows—who were "presumably celibate"—were much more able (and likely) to challenge
has reason to fear me to sell out and give £10 out of every hundred towards the widow and orphan fund and do not attempt to reside in Victoria but as short a time as possible after reading this notice, neglect this and abide by the consequences, which shall be worse than the rust in the wheat in Victoria or the druth of a dry season to the grasshoppers in New South Wales I do not wish to give the order full force without giving timely warning but I am a widows son outlawed and my orders