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A widow is a woman whose spouse has died. A man whose spouse has died is a
widower. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood
or (occasionally) viduity..]]The social status of widows has been an
important social issue, particularly in the past. In families in which the
husband was the sole provider, widowhood could plunge the family into
poverty, and many charities had as a goal the aid of widows and orphans
(often, not children without parents, but children without a contributing
father). This was aggravated by women's longer life spans, and that men
generally marry women younger than themselves, and by the greater ease with
which men remarried.
However, in some patriarchal societies, widows were among the most
independent women. A widow sometimes carried on her late husband's business
and consequently accorded certain rights, such as the right to enter
guilds. More recently, widow
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