The essay reflects on the author's initial reluctance to read Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, perceiving feminism as exclusive to privileged white women. The author, a working-class Latina in an Ivy League college in the '90s, felt an intersection of economic and racial challenges overshadowed discussions in feminist spaces. Despite her initial focus on writers who addressed her experiences, she later recognized that all women are often marginalized in society. Eventually, she explored Woolf's work, discovering its significant argument that financial independence is crucial for women's artistic expression.
Woolf argued that financial independence was crucial for women to produce art, more so than the right to vote, emphasizing the need for personal space and resources.
The initial perception of feminism as an identity for privileged women changed over time, highlighting the diversity of women’s struggles with economic and social circumstances.
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