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.
Widow
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.
Widow
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?
Of course, as it simple denotes the passing of one's spouse. And interestingly enough, in recent day and age the widows of political figures have been some of the first women to be elected into high office in some countries.
wow im sorry to hear! are theystill considered a widow if they remarry?
Widow
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The treatment of widows and widowers around the world varies.
Terminology.
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed "widowhood". These terms are not applied to a divorcé(e) following the death of an ex-spouse.
The term "widowhood" can be
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