Three Guineas
The author received three separate requests for a gift of one guinea-one for a women’s college building fund, one for a society promoting the employment of professional women, and one to help prevent war and “protect culture, and intellectual liberty.” This book is a threefold answer to these...
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The author received three separate requests for a gift of one guinea-one for a women’s college building fund, one for a society promoting the employment of professional women, and one to help prevent war and “protect culture, and intellectual liberty.” This book is a threefold answer to these requests-and a statement of feminine purpose.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156901772 (0156901773)
ASIN: 156901773
Publish date: May 1st 1963
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
20th Century,
Feminism,
Philosophy,
Womens
The book is a Non-fiction long essay discussing fascism, war and feminism.Three questions are discussed and answered, these three questions are the Guineas from the title.can war be prevented ?why has women education been poorly funded?Why can't women work the same jobs as men?well worth the read ♥
The easy joke: 'Three Guineas' is why you never ask Virginia Woolf for money.Three letters each ask for a donation for their cause: the first asks what can be done to prevent war, the second asks for funds to rebuild a woman's college, and the third asks for money to help secure jobs for the daughte...
recommended by emma thompson who plays professor trelawny.
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