and this sister matched Shakespeare in adventurousness and imagination

The Lack of Opportunities Available to Women: The reason for the apparent lack of female geniuses

In her essay "Shakespeare's Sister," Virginia Woolf explores the role of women in poetry and other creative fields. She argues that the lack of opportunities available to women throughout history is responsible for the apparent lack of female geniuses in these fields. Woolf posits that if society were more accepting of women's creativity, there would be many more women artists and writers whose work would be celebrated alongside that of their male counterparts.