Question

Which question best represents the theme Woolf analyzes in A Room of One's Own? A. Why couldn't women vote and get involved politically? B. Why are women important characters in literature but unimportant in history? C. Why didn't women stand up for their rights earlier in history? D. Why were women considered property of their husbands in Shakespeare's time?

Answer 1

Why are women important characters in literature but unimportant in history

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Answer 2

The correct answer is B. Why are women important characters in literature but unimportant in history? 
Woolf is famous for her early feminist prose where she wrote about how women are underappreciated, which they definitely were at the time. She wondered how it was possible that all famous writers and poets wrote so much about women, and their importance, but when it came to actual, real life, they were often ignored and subjugated.