From 500 Great Books by Women review by Jesse Larsen, 'Woolf's goal is not merely freedom and equality for race and sex and people it is human civilization, a civilization which must be better, sounder, and surer than any we know. to assert 'the rights of all - all men and women - to the respect in their persons of the great principles of Justice and Equality and Liberty.'' - For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14.

Each request for a guinea is seriously and thoroughly considered by questioning, in detail, why each of the needs exists: Why doesn't the English government support education for women? Why are women in England barred from professional work? And why is World War II imminent? With scathing humor, boundless dignity, and engaging detail, Virginia Woolf finds the answers to all three questions in the same source: '.we can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods. Her response examines this and two similar requests, one from a women's college building fund, and the other from a society promoting the employment of professional women. In this book-length essay, an English writer responds to a letter - from a society for preventing war and protecting culture and intellectual liberty - which asks 'How in your opinion are we to prevent war?' and requests a one guinea donation. Toward so broad a purpose must we move if the human mind and spirit are to stand fearless in this world.'- The New York Times, Like Virginia Woolf's better known A Room of One's Own, Three Guineas is still timely and well worth the effort required to read it. Toward so broad a purpose must we move if the human mind and spirit are to stand fearless in this world.'-The New York Times -, 'Woolf's goal is not merely freedom and equality for race and sex and people it is human civilization, a civilization which must be better, sounder, and surer than any we know.

'Woolf's goal is not merely freedom and equality for race and sex and people it is human civilization, a civilization which must be better, sounder, and surer than any we know.

Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf