This scathing reply to a character sketch of an old maid published in the December 1821 of Ackermann’s Repository makes the argument that fortune, more oft than not, is the primary reason women remained unmarried…not because of some personal defect, flaw, or obstinate nature, and that being called an “old maid” is unjust.
Here is the original article Celibia reponds to (published in September of 1821):
