Mrs. Woolf and the Servants

When Virginia Woolf wrote A Room of One''s Own in 1929, she established her reputation as a feminist, and an advocate for unheard voices. But like thousands of other upper-class British women, Woolf relied on live-in domestic servants for the most intimate of daily tasks. That room of Woolf''s own was kept clean by a series of cooks and maids throughout her life. In the much-praised Mrs. Woolf and...