Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) is the first leader of the feminism, her most important feminist works are "Orlando" and "A room of one's own".  Orlando speaks about a man that live through 350 years and in 17^th century became a woman. Significantly for V. Woolf's  idea of the role of woman in modern society, this evolution is reached by Orlando through a chance in sex from male to female and that the chance takes place in 17 ^th century  in which female consciousness begins to make itself felt. Orlando represents V. Woolf herself in fact this character is the symbol of androgyny, a loved theme by Virginia Woolf.

Orlando is also a writer and his/her story was a biography that will published in XX century when she is a woman.

In this book Virginia Woolf critics the men's point of view about women, in fact Orlando/woman critics the poets of her ages those think women haven't ideals.

Orlando is Virginia Woolf's ideal woman that has an economical independence, androgynyc aspect and that can write without discrimination by man.

These themes are also present in “A room of one's own” in which V. Woolf says that women have to have an economical independence and a room of one's own to write in peace and be independent by their husbands.

In fact for Woolf the subordinated role of woman to man borns by the society and can be chanced.