![]() ![]() ![]() As such, Woolf says she will pledge her guinea to the college unconditionally. Accepting conditional donations from rich men will only replicate the institutional patriarchy, but she notes that as “imperfect as it may be” (37), the education system can be rebuilt with unconditional donations. Woolf writes to the treasurer requesting funding for a women’s college and says that it is “clear must rebuild college differently” (32) and she should teach different subjects, with a focus on understanding human nature. She analyzes university education, an illustration of power and influence that women are unable to access on equal terms. Woolf begins by describing a distinction between the public and the “educated class” (4) and the vast difference in education funds available to men versus women. Woolf often employs a sardonic, facetious tone, listing possible dissenting opinions before meticulously taking them apart. and the “three guineas” of the title serve as a metaphor for her support of these causes: She will pledge a guinea to ideas she finds agreeable. ![]() Within her letter to the unnamed correspondent, Woolf composes letters responding to two hypothetical requests for funding, one to help build a women’s college and another to help women enter professions that require a university education. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |