Summary of A Room of Ones Own by Virginia Woolf and sexism in this century

Date Submitted: 09/21/2004 23:33:23
Category: / Social Sciences / Education
Length: 2 pages (637 words)
In her book A Room of Ones Own, Virginia Woolf provides a graphic portrait of sexism in the early 1900s. Since then our society has allowed almost all the same equal opportunity to women as men. The only restriction that comes to mind that women still have today is women aren't permitted to become priests. Our society has come a long way since the release of Woolf's book and I think that she would feel …
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…that is considered when being hired for a job like it was in the 1900s. In today's society it's the person's intelligence, experience and ability weather male or female that will determine if they are fit for the job. In the 1900s women couldn't even have jobs and if they did they were very limited. I think that Virginia Woolf would feel proud and accomplished the comtemporary attitudes toward women if she were alive today.
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