The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Topic

Oppression of women Women's rights Men and women

Author

Virginia Woolf

Source

A Room of One's Own

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 2005, ch. 3.

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Havelock Ellis
Source
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Language
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Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
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Ellis, Havelock. The Dance of Life. Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1923, ch. 2.

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Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
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To one thing constant never.

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Author

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Source
Much Ado About Nothing
Medium
Play
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1600 1600s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. London: Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, act 2, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Much Ado About Nothing." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 3.