Read the following excerpt from A Room of one's Own by Virginia Woolf: year of
And here, I said, opening a book about music, we have the
very words used again in this grace, 1928, of
women who try to write music. 'Of Mlle. Germaine
Tailleferre one can only repeat Dr. Johnson's dictum
concerning, a woman preacher, transposed into terms of
music. "Sir, a woman's composing is like a dog's walking
on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised
to find it done at all." So accurately does history repeat
itself.
Which statement best states the idea that this excerpt helps to develop?
A. Women must create a room to call their own rather than seek it
out.
B. The number of disciplines from which women are barred is ever
shrinking.
C. Criticism of women from men is often less honest and gentler.
D. In the 20th century, women still face hostility as they endeavor to create.