Life Without Children

Life Without Children

What to Call Women Who Don’t Have Children

How a librarian sees the language categories of the “childless woman”

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Colleen Addison
Apr 10, 2026
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This piece was written in response to our October writing prompt, which was about the language we use for people without children. Read the prompt here.

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