First Person Singular by Wendy Braitman

Who wrote?

“Let her become a librarian with thick glasses and a pencil in her hair. Let her become the first spinster on the moon.”

“All spinsters should be barred by law from having anything to do with the teaching of children on the grounds of emotional incompetence.”

In what movie, will you find a leading lady with these characteristics?

• Dominating, belittling father
• Wealthy East Coast family (New York)
• Benevolent, open-minded aunt
• Handsome suitor (but a fortune hunter)
• Father who threatens to disinherit her when a man comes on the scene
• Transformation practically overnight into a more beautiful woman after being wooed by a man
• A climactic discovery of self worth when parent dies

Or love, either.      

What is the source of these lines?

"You are like a hungry child who is given ravioli to eat. 'No,' you say, 'I want beefsteak.' My dear girl, you are hungry. Eat the ravioli."

In what magazine article will you find the following sentence?

"Our experience in studying the personality problems of thousands of young women over the years has produced evidence that the majority of women who do not marry, but wish to, have not learned to be marriageable.”

Name the source:

"The spinster of the family should do all the disagreeable things there are to do and walk lonesomely along the path of duty. Her life should be a sort of expiation for her fatal blunder.”

In which Broadway musical are these lyrics?

“In other words, just from waiting around for that plain little band of gold, a person can develop a cold.”

Who said?

 “A woman isn’t a woman until she’s married.”