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“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
Virginia Woolf · A Room of One's Own
Quote record
Author
Virginia Woolf
Source
A Room of One's Own
Chapter / location
A Room of One's Own (1929), Chapter I
Tradition
feminist-philosophy · virginia-woolf · woolf · money · room
Source information
From A Room of One's Own, A Room of One's Own (1929), Chapter I.
Translation
English translation; consult the named source edition for the original wording.
Context
Read the contextual commentary in this archive entry.
Interpretation
Woolf on Money and a Room: verified wording, primary-work location, historical context, and a source-bounded explanation of its meaning.
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Quote
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
Author
The passage is by Virginia Woolf. It is presented as a short primary-source quotation, not as an anonymous maxim or a substitute for the author’s larger argument.
Source
The cited location is A Room of One's Own (1929), Chapter I in A Room of One's Own. Readers using a different edition should verify pagination and punctuation against that edition; the linked source or publisher record provides the documentary trail.
Context
Woolf states the material premise of her inquiry into women and fiction: creative work requires income, privacy, education, time, and access to tradition.
Treat Woolf on Money and a Room as a source-bounded inquiry, not a generic feminist label. For “woolf on money and a room,” consult A Room of One's Own and Feminist Philosophy and then compare Sex Gender And Social Identity and Reproductive Justice And Bodily Autonomy to see which causal account actually fits.
Meaning
The room is both literal and institutional. Talent alone cannot explain a canon formed under exclusion, although Woolf’s class and imperial context limits whom her examples represent.
The page Woolf on Money and a Room is complete only if “woolf on money and a room” is answered on its own evidence. A Room of One's Own and Feminist Philosophy define that evidence base; Sex Gender And Social Identity and Reproductive Justice And Bodily Autonomy supply critical adjacency without content duplication.
Related Wisdom
For Woolf on Money and a Room, this section answers “woolf on money and a room” and nothing broader. Check the boundary against A Room of One's Own and Feminist Philosophy; use Sex Gender And Social Identity and Reproductive Justice And Bodily Autonomy only for comparison, not as a substitute conclusion.
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- 01A Room of One's Ownprimary text with chapter navigationConsult source
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