March Monthly Connection - Necessary Oppression?

One debate point brought up by A Room of One's Own is the idea that oppression is necessary to produce good writing. While I do not believe it is necessary for the author themselves to be oppressed, I believe the author must be aware that such oppression exists, in order to get the full picture of their topic of choice. If they do not know of oppression of a certain topic or group of people, they cannot possibly have a completely informed opinion. The oppression is now part of the topic.
I do believe that if the author is oppressed, this does affect their writing. Woolf made this point in her essay, wondering what certain women could have written if they hadn't been oppressed and disheartened. Jane Austen, Woolf mentions, had to hide her writing whenever someone came into the drawing room; Austen is now considered one of the most brilliant authors of all time. If she had been able to write more freely, she could have written many more books, or books on more free topics. Because of oppression, we will never know.
In our society today, there are many famous authors who were not oppressed, yet have very successful careers. J.K. Rowling, for example, was never discriminated against. She had to struggle in order to continue writing, but she was never oppressed. Adriana Trigiani, the author of Big Stone Gap was never oppressed; she is currently on a book tour. Eoin Colfer, the author of the hugely popular Artemis Fowl series is another example of an author who became famous without having to overcome oppression. Oppression can contribute to an author writing a very powerful story. But it is not essential.