[Vwoolf] (Mis?)Attributed Woolf Quotation

Wed Apr 18 04:55:24 EDT 2018

This is the ref. – pretty contemptible to cite it.

Stuart

Harrison, Olivia. 2017. “30 Virginia Woolf Photos And Quotes In Celebration Of Her Birthday.” Bust.Com. Accessed January 7. http://bust.com/books/15466-virginia-woolf.html. 
  [Google Scholar]

From: Jeremy Hawthorn via Vwoolf 
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 9:39 AM
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu 
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] (Mis?)Attributed Woolf Quotation

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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