Learn about female painters, photographers, composers, sculptors, and performers who have made significant contributions to the history of art. This historical journey starts in antiquity and ends in the twenty-first century. Each chapter begins with a discussion of the historical period, the schools of art that were characteristic of that period, and how the work of women both emerged from and influenced that era.

Shadow painting: antiquity -- Illuminating nuns: the Medieval period -- The world is a big place: non-Western art -- Following in father's footsteps: the Renaissance -- Coming to life: the baroque -- Finding their voices: the nineteenth century -- I am woman: the twentieth century -- The future is female: the twenty-first century- so far.