In October 1928 Virginia Woolf was asked to deliver speeches at Newnham and Girton Colleges on the subject of Women and Fiction; she spoke about her conviction that a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. The following year, the two speeches were published as A Room of Ones Own, and became one of the foremost feminist texts.Knitted into a polished argument are several threads of great importance - women and learning, writing and poverty - which helped to establish much of feminist thought on the importance of education and money for womens independence. In the same breath, Woolf brushes aside critics and sends out a call for solidarity and independence - a call which sent ripples well into the next century.