Question

A 1929 review of Woolf's speech on "Women and Fiction" in The New York Times praised her wit but noted that she made only "one minor point," that women could not write unless they had money and privacy. What is your opinion of the significance of Woolf's ideas about women's artistic potential and what they need to fulfill it? State your opinion and then support it with at least two reasons.

Answer 1

Virginia Woolf was referring to class position. That only women who have money and the quiet space to write can really indulge in her artistic potential.

Step-by-step explanation:

Virginia Woolf's speech provided an insightful analysis of women authors and class position. First of all, money would be necessary in order to be able to meet your daily needs without earning a wage or salary while she worked on her book. Second, a woman would also need to have freedom from her domestic responsibilities like a space of her own where it is quiet and she can concentrate. This would usually mean she has domestic help to care for her husband and children and to perform the housework and cooking and cleaning that would otherwise absorb a woman's time. It shows that Woolf was ahead of her time in also recognizing that not all women are the same and that some women are more privileged than others, even though they were all denied some important human rights in general as they had only just earned the vote in 1920.