A Room of One’s Own. Virginia Woolf

When Virginia Woolf began writing A Room of One’s Own, she was already an established writer, living a comfortable life, and practically didn’t have to fight for anything. The suffragettes had won, and women in Britain had won the right to vote. However, Woolf was concerned about whether this formal equality of rights between women and men also meant equality of opportunity. Conceived as a lecture on literature for university students, A Room of One’s Own transformed into an exploration of the position of women in history, art, and everyday life. Virginia Woolf reminds us that no matter how many rights a woman has, she cannot fully exercise them if she remains dependent on the world of men, particularly financially. So she suggests that women find a metaphorical but very concrete “room of one’s own” where they can truly realize their rights and their creative potential.