With the advent of feminism, the organized and self-conscious movement of the 1830's emphasized that women assume a stand against authority and attack the preconceived notion that they were the less of the two sexes. ... In Woolf's essay, she states: "For we think back through our mothers if we are women". ... Furthermore, a women's tradition in writing to this point, had only just reared its head, thus women were generally viewed with skepticism in contemporary society as true literary artists. ... For this reason, most outside experiences were learned through the eyes of a...

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