Virginia Woolf
Jessica Walsh, Nick Ferrell, Natalie Jacobs
Essential Question:
Is literature written by a woman equal to that written by a man?
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Biography
- Born January 25, 1882 in London, England
- Raised in a home with nine other children
- Her mother died when Virginia was 13; Her father when she was 22
- Raised in a well off household and was mostly raised by servants
- Started Bloomsbury group discussion with brother Thoby
- Taught at Morley College
- Married in 1912 to Leonard Woolf
- Started a publishing company with her husband
- Her work became more feminist and controversial as time progressed
- Drowned herself on March 28, 1941 during WWII due to depression