Famous Spinster Birthday - Diane Keaton

"I don't think because I'm not married it's made my life any less.  That old-maid myth is garbage." -- Diane Keaton

Born:  January 5, 1946

(Note:  She's not childless, but she's still pretty cool.)

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Queen Christina of Sweden

"As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him."  -- Queen Christina of Sweden

Born:  December 18, 1626
Died:  April 19, 1689

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Jane Austen

"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."  -- Jane Austen

Born:  December 16, 1775
Died:  July 18, 1817

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Emily Dickinson

"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not have lived in vain."  -- Emily Dickinson

Born:  December 10, 1830
Died:  May 15, 1886

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Tyra Banks

"My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet."  -- Tyra Banks

Born:  December 4, 1973

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Louisa May Alcott

"It takes two flints to make a fire."  -- Louisa May Alcott

Born:  November 29, 1832
Died:  March 6, 1888

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Dr. Condoleeza Rice

"I believe in a marriage of equals, that's how my parents were, and that's how I would see it."  -- Condoleeza Rice

Born:  November 14, 1954

Today in Queen Bess's Life

"I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman."

"I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married."
-- Queen Elizabeth I

Born:  September 7, 1533
Died:  March 24, 1603

(she gets two quotes because she is my Ultimate Spinster of All Time)

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Cameron Diaz

"I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself."  -- Cameron Diaz

Born:  August 30, 1972

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Mother Teresa

"Spread love everywhere you go.  Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."  -- Mother Teresa

Born:  August 26, 1910
Died:  September 5, 1997

(Out of respect for Mother Teresa's beliefs, I acknowledge that she was, indeed, married.  However, I think she really, really rocks so I am using the secular definition of marriage.)

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Coco Chanel

"I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird."  -- Coco Chanel

Born:  August 19, 1883
Died:  January 10, 1971

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Emily Bronte

"I'll walk where my own nature would be leading:  It vexes me to choose another guide."  -- Emily Bronte

Born:  July 30, 1818
Died:  December 19, 1848

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Lizzie Borden

"Oh, Mrs. Churchill, do come over, someone has killed father."  -- Lizzie Borden

Born:  July 19, 1860
Died:  June 1, 1927

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Pam Grier

"Me, sexy?  I'm just plain ol' beans and rice." -- Pam Grier

(I beg to differ)

Born:  May 26, 1949

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Florence Nightingale

"I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought to all be distilled into actions which bring results."  Florence Nightingale

Born:  May 12, 1820
Died:  August 13, 1910

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Susan Boyle

"I live alone with my cat Pebbles ... but I have the support of all of my brothers and sisters and friends and neighbors." -- Susan Boyle

Born:  April 1, 1961

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Queen Latifah

"I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female."  -- Queen Latifah

Born:  March 18, 1970

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Rosa Luxemburg

"Those who do not move, do not notice their chains." -- Rosa Luxemburg

Born:  March 5, 1871
Died:  January 15, 1919

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Susan B. Anthony

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand."  -- Susan B. Anthony

Born:  February 15, 1820
Died:  March 13, 1906  

Famous Spinster Birthday - Oprah Winfrey

"Be thankful for what you have, you'll end up having more.  If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."  -- Oprah Winfrey

Born:  January 29, 1954