A celebration of feminine words of wisdom ...

 

“Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”

 Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

As I said in my last post, I plan to celebrate Women's History Month by posting quotes by women.  The celebration of quotes by women is important to me because as I am a 'quote - junkie', constantly perusing quote books and websites I am painfully aware of the dearth of women authors, especially in the past.  If you look through an older book of quotes you will see the majority of quotes by men, many by 'anonymous' and some by women.  Fortunately, this gender discrepancy has changed, as one can see by looking at many gift shop displays or bookstore's new arrival table, where there are many books celebrating the works and words of women. It is heartening to witness the surge of books recognizing women, however, I feel there is a lot of catching up to do, so I thought I'd join the party.  

To start off this month of highlighting and celebrating the wonderful words of women I turned to the provocative and inspiring Virginia Woolf and her profound quote from her seminal work, A Room of One's Own.  I was assigned to read this book in college and I must confess it was interesting but not earth-shattering.  However, since graduating, I have read it numerous times and each time her words ring truer (which just reaffirms my belief that education is wasted on the young.)

Also this month, I have the honor to do the window display for the inspiring shop, Uni-T, at the Natick mall, where I am continuing this celebration of feminine words of wisdom.  I install on Sunday evening and plan to fill the window with framed 'dressquotes' of all different styles, along with my sculture, 'lilith ...'.  (more photos to follow ...)

framed 'dressquotes'
waiting to go to Uni-T

And along with sharing quotes by women, whenever possible I plan to post a mini bio of the author along with links to further info about these women.  With Virginia Woolf there is a plethora of information and websites about here, which I have listed below. 

Virginia Woolf:
Adeline Virginia Woolf (/wʊlf/;[2] née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London, the seventh child in a blended family of eight. Her mother, Julia Prinsep Jackson, celebrated as a Pre-Raphaelite artist's model, had three children from her first marriage, while Woolf's father, Leslie Stephen, a notable man of letters, had one previous daughter. The Stephens produced another four children, including the modernist painter Vanessa Bell. While the boys in the family received college educations, the girls were home-schooled in English classics and Victorian literature. An important influence in Virginia Woolf's early life was the summer home the family used in St Ives, Cornwall, where she first saw the Godrevy Lighthouse, which was to become iconic in her novel To the Lighthouse (1927).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf

(Adeline) Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6765.Virginia_Woolf

http://www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk

https://www.bl.uk/people/virginia-woolf

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