Widow

thumb|Widows of Uganda supporting each other by working on crafts in order to sell them and make an income A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and a widower is a man whose spouse has died. Quotes She is concerned for the orphan and concerned for the widow.She does not forget the man who helps others,she is a mother for the orphan;Nance, a carer for the widow,who always finds advice for the debt-slave;the lady who gives protection for refugees.She seeks out a place for the weak.She swells his collecting basket for him;she makes his collecting vessel profitable for him.For the righteous maiden who has taken her path,Nance chooses a young man of means.Nance raises a secure house like a roof over the widow who could not remarry. Anonymous, A hymn to Nanshe, late 3rd millennium BCE, at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911). He first deceased; she for a little triedTo live without him, liked it not, and died. Sir Henry Wotton, "Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton’s Wife" External links Widows Category:Marriage