Hitherto (adv): until now; before this time
Virginia Woolf, Professions for Women: “you have won rooms of you own in the house hitherto exclusively owned by men.”
Women were able to get rooms of their own which, before that time, wasn’t given to women, but specifically for men. This word shows a change of time, and reflects on the change that is taking place in the privileges that women have.
-”Hitherto.” Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Web. 19 May 2014.
