[Vwoolf] (Mis?)Attributed Woolf Quotation

[Jeremy Hawthorn]

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.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616742.2017.1327228?journalCode=rfjp20

At any rate, the woman who could write the following in /Three Guineas/ 
is unlikely to have uttered the words in question.

"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."

Jeremy H


On 18.04.2018 10:14, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf wrote:
> It’s madey-uppy.
> Stuart
> *From:* Illusha Nokhrin via Vwoolf
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:22 PM
> *To:* vwoolf
> *Subject:* [Vwoolf] (Mis?)Attributed Woolf Quotation
> Dear colleagues,
> 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:
> "A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life"
> The quotation is also attributed to Woolf on a number of websites, 
> including GoodReads, Vice, and a book review in the /International 
> Feminist Journal of Politics/. 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?
> With best wishes,
> Illusha

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