1. 1882-1941 English Author, Feminist, Essayist, Publisher, and Critic rohrbachlibrary.wordpress.com

2.  Born in Kensington  Sexually abused by her half brother at the age of 6  Suffered from bipolar disorder and a number of mental breakdowns  The Woolf family started the Hogarth Press in 1917 as mental therapy for Virginia

3.  One of the founders of the Modernist movement  Gave lectures at Cambridge University education.ezinemark.com

4.  Possible lesbian relationships with her friends Vita West and Violet Dickinson at different times in her life search.barnesandnoble.comwww.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jwoolf.htm

5.  Backed the feminist movement with great tenacity during her lifetime  Many quotes pertaining to her beliefs  “women could become powerful only by achieving financial and psychological independence from men”  “As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world”  “If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?”

6.  Novels: The Voyage Out, Night and Day, Jacob’s Room, Mrs. Dalloway, The Waves, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, The Years, and Between the Acts  Short Story Collections: Monday or Tuesday, A Haunted House and Other Short Stories, Mrs. Dalloway’s Party, and The Complete Shorter Fiction

7. The Only Voice Recording of Virginia Woolf Part of a BBC radio broadcast on April 29 th, 1937 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8cz s8v6PuI&feature=player_detailpage laphamsquarterly.org

8.  “I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.” The Waves (1931)  “Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its natural size.” A Room of One’s Own (1929)

9.  On March 28 th 1941, Virginia put on her overcoat, filled the pockets with stones, and walked into the river near her home.  Body found April 18 th 1941  “Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do.” excerpt from her suicide note to her husband