It should teach… the art of understanding other people’s lives and minds….” She imagines, as an example, a new kind of college that avoids teaching the tools of domination and pugnacity, “an experimental college, an adventurous college….
The same old teachings and public order would only produce the same results. Something fundamental would have to shift for war to be prevented. In responding to all three letters, Woolf articulates her criticisms of the educational and professional structures in her country (showing how they, in fact, encourage the mindsets that lead to Fascism), and that while she understands the values of education and public service, she cannot support the present-day conditions of these areas of life for her sex (and to be clear Woolf was speaking almost exclusively about “daughters of educated men”).
As the title Three Guineas suggests, Woolf not only responds to this one letter but she also brings into the argument two other requests she has received: one for funds to help rebuild a woman’s college, and another to support an organization that helps women enter professional life.
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