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1882-1941 English Author, Feminist, Essayist, Publisher, and Critic rohrbachlibrary.wordpress.com

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Born in Kensington Sexually abused by her half brother at the age of 6 Suffered from bipolar disorder and a number of mental breakdowns The Woolf family started the Hogarth Press in 1917 as mental therapy for Virginia

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One of the founders of the Modernist movement Gave lectures at Cambridge University education.ezinemark.com

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Possible lesbian relationships with her friends Vita West and Violet Dickinson at different times in her life search.barnesandnoble.comwww.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jwoolf.htm

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Backed the feminist movement with great tenacity during her lifetime Many quotes pertaining to her beliefs women could become powerful only by achieving financial and psychological independence from men As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?

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Novels: The Voyage Out, Night and Day, Jacobs Room, Mrs. Dalloway, The Waves, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, The Years, and Between the Acts Short Story Collections: Monday or Tuesday, A Haunted House and Other Short Stories, Mrs. Dalloways Party, and The Complete Shorter Fiction

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The Only Voice Recording of Virginia Woolf Part of a BBC radio broadcast on April 29 th, 1937 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8cz s8v6PuI&feature=player_detailpage laphamsquarterly.org

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I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street. The Waves (1931) Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its natural size. A Room of Ones Own (1929)

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On March 28 th 1941, Virginia put on her overcoat, filled the pockets with stones, and walked into the river near her home. Body found April 18 th 1941 Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. excerpt from her suicide note to her husband