How much would Emmeline Pankhurst have achieved without her army of suffragettes? Would the name Audrey Hepburn mean anything without Colette's discovery? What did it mean for Mae Jemison to see Nichelle Nichols take to the skies? I know a woman is a collection of 84 illustrated portraits that celebrate female collaboration. Whether that is encouraging a leader, a colleague or friend; inspiring another to follow in their footsteps, or perhaps fostering a friendship that spans decades and oceans. In telling the stories of these women's lives and achievements - whether it is in science or politics, arts or sports, fashion or aviation - the fascinating web of connections that have enabled each one to take a new step forward are exposed. Some names will be familiar, some might not, but all are equally important.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Manuela Saenz -- Anita Garibaldi -- Anna Magnani -- Edith Piaf -- Patti Smith -- Meryl Streep -- Emmeline Pankhurst -- Sylvia Pankhurst -- Louise Michel -- Anna Jaclard -- Sofia Kovalevskaya -- George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) -- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson -- Mary Somerville -- Ada Lovelace -- Florence Nightingale -- Elizabeth Blackwell -- Susan B. Anthony -- Harriet Tubman -- Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Queen Victoria -- Fanny Mendelssohn -- Clara Wieck Schumann -- Katharine Hepburn -- Gypsy Rose Lee -- Hedy Lamarr -- Joan Clarke -- Amy Johnson -- Helene Dutrieu -- Marie Marvingt -- Maryse Hilsz -- Amelia Earhart -- Eleanor Roosevelt - -Marie Mattingly Meloney -- Marie Curie -- Chien-Shiung Wu -- Lise Meitner -- Greta Garbo -- Mercedes de Acosta -- Isadora Duncan -- Gertrude Stein -- Sylvia Beach -- Claude Cahun -- Gala Dali -- Elsa Schiaparelli -- Miuccia Prada -- Jil Sander -- Coco Chanel -- Colette -- Simone de Beauvoir -- Iris Murdoch -- Indira Gandhi -- Maria Montessori -- Anne Frank -- Malala Yousafzai -- Michelle Obama -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Beyonce -- Josephine Baker -- Audrey Hepburn -- Maeve Brennan -- Dorothy Parker -- Nichelle Nichols -- Mae Jemison -- Bessie Coleman -- Mahalia Jackson -- Nina Simone -- Angela Davis -- Gloria Steinem -- Billie Jean King -- Oprah Winfrey -- Emma Watson -- Misty Copeland -- Alessandra Ferri -- Virginia Woolf -- Georgia O'Keeffe -- Frida Kahlo -- Tamara Rojo -- Pina Bausch -- Angela Carter -- Leonora Carrington -- Remedios Varo -- Kati Horna -- Acknowledgegments