According to Virginia Woolf, this was a "typical instance of the great Victorian fight ... of the daughters against the fathers", where a father would hope to keep a daughter in his power by saying earning a living was "beneath her". See chapter 3 of Three GuineasArchived 30 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine (1938)
According to Virginia Woolf, this was a "typical instance of the great Victorian fight ... of the daughters against the fathers", where a father would hope to keep a daughter in his power by saying earning a living was "beneath her". See chapter 3 of Three GuineasArchived 30 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine (1938)