Kiddush before davening, for women

Hi,

If a single woman eats before praying Shacharit (the permissibility of doing so is a different question) on Shabbat or Yom Tov, she should recite kiddush.

The status of a married woman is different, because she and her husband are legally bound to eat together, and so before davening might not be termed "the time for eating" to require kiddush.

The status of men is entirely different, because it is clear that men may not eat before davening, other than in unique situations of illness.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 4:101:2)

Gmar tov,
Mordechai