How Women Wrote History: London at War, Five Female Tenants and the Pioneers of Freedom

Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961): modern poet Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957): mystery novelist Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928): Classics scholar and translator Eileen Ball (1889-1940): historian, broadcaster, pacifist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941): writer, publisher At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, a group of women announced their initiative to pursue spiritual depth and intellectual development, which is known as the first wave of the women's movement in history. The author visited the Bloomsbury district of London, England, the pioneer place of modern European thought, and discovered that five unusual female tenants lived in the same community during the World War. By choosing a residence, they devoted themselves to a new way of life, love and life. This small discovery unexpectedly opened up a magnificent private history of women during the war. By excavating clues from a large number of historical materials and literary works, the author faithfully restores the whole process of how they responded to the anxieties and challenges of women's lives and careers in different ways, and completed the most prestigious masterpieces. This group biography focuses on revealing the power of women's writing, and how everyone can serve as a writer of the times - no cost is required, no threshold exists, and no matter how private writing is, it has public significance. "Writing is about regaining control."