April 15, 2019 (in advance)
‘HER ROOM’/gunther
By Arthur H. Gunther III
(also on Facebook)
There can never be full existence for any of us if we do not have our space. It is even truer if you are a woman — every woman must have a room of her own.
Virginia Woolf, in an extended 1929 essay, “A Room of One’s Own,” argued that women writers require space (and money) in a field dominated by men. But her argument was metaphorical as well.
Women, who bear more than children, lifelong carry the world’s rhythms, progress, hopes, defeats and emotional nourishment. They constantly do and do, and do — for others.
When do women escape to go beyond their given, assumed, taken roles? When do they just be “me”?
Women must have a room of their own.
The writer is a retired newspaperman. ahgunther@yahoo.com
So true, Need space. I can’t say anything more, You are very preseptive. friend
Happy I found you. Ican relate to Mom’s. anchor getting so heavy.
Thanks!