Virginia Woolf was born into a wealthy family in 1882 in London, United Kingdom, at a time when education opportunities for women were limited. She grew up alongside siblings, two boys and a girl. Her brothers were sent off to boarding school and university while she and her sister relied on her father’s library for further education. This unequal treatment fueled her sense of injustice, leading to resentment toward the systematic discouragement of women’s intellectual growth. Later in Woolf’s life, numerous hardships emerged. At age 13 her mother’s passing placed her in charge of household responsibilities. Then, at 22 her father’s death prompted her to write a memoir. She confessed that without this incident, she might never have pursued writing as a career.