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<p>The thing about the internet is that falsities spread like
influenza in WW1 trenches. Out of interest I Googled the quotation
and there are indeed very many hits. The only serious academic
source I got was this. The review opens with the attributed
quotation, but alas it is paywalled so I can't check who "Harrison
2017" is, or what he/she is citing.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616742.2017.1327228?journalCode=rfjp20">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616742.2017.1327228?journalCode=rfjp20</a><br>
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At any rate, the woman who could write the following in <i>Three
Guineas</i> is unlikely to have uttered the words in question. <br>
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"What more fitting than to destroy an old word, a vicious and
corrupt word that has done much harm in its day and is now
obsolete? The word 'feminist' is the word indicated. That word,
according to the dictionary, means 'one who champions the rights
of women'. Since the only right, the right to earn a living, has
been won, the word no longer has a meaning."</p>
<p>Jeremy H<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18.04.2018 10:14, Stuart N. Clarke
via Vwoolf wrote:<br>
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<div>It’s madey-uppy.</div>
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<div>Stuart</div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
title="vwoolf@lists.osu.edu" moz-do-not-send="true">Illusha
Nokhrin via Vwoolf</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:22 PM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] (Mis?)Attributed Woolf
Quotation</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,
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<div>I was recently exploring representations of Woolf in
popular culture and came across a few different posters
that use the following quotation and attribute it to
Woolf: </div>
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<div>"A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about
her life"<br>
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<div>The quotation is also attributed to Woolf on a number
of websites, including GoodReads, Vice, and a book
review in the <i>International Feminist Journal of
Politics</i>. However, I can't seem to locate the
quotation in any of Woolf's writing. Knowing that the
Internet is so very often wrong about attribution, I
don't wish to send anyone on any wild goose chases.
However, I was wondering if anyone has happened to come
across the above quotation in any of Woolf's private or
public texts? </div>
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<div>With best wishes,</div>
<div>Illusha<br>
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