January 25. Today, we celebrate Virginia Woolf, beloved novelist, essayist, and a feminist!
In "A Room of One's Own", Virginia Woolf explores both literal and figurative space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by men. Who writes is a man and I can heartily attest to Virginia Woolf's assertion that in order to write successfully, one needs a room of one's own. Not just for ladies but also for men though …

Woolf's 1928 essay 'A Room of One's Own' was surely the inspiration behind "A Room Of One's Own Day". I don't know who started this celebration day, but we do know that the essay itself was focused on the subject of women's access to education. In these more enlightened and civilized times of ours, we can probably relax the rules a little and make it a day purely for ourselves, both ladies and gentlemen!

Planning is essential. We'll need some good books, possibly not just by Virginia Woolf, some good music, and probably cake. In fact, cake is almost certainly a necessity. A drop or two of your favourite wine, perhaps. Then, batten down the hatches and take some time out to celebrate yourself, in a room of your own.
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(Adeline) Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." ( )