Collects the work of Western women artists, in an array of forms: fiction, poetry, autobiography, essay, journal and letter writing, ceramics, needlework, music, and dance. This work explores the unique experience of women artists from diverse national, ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds from their own viewpoints.

The work of Western women artists, past and present, is collected here in a stunning array of forms: fiction, poetry, autobiography, essay, journal and letter writing, sculpture, painting, graphics, photography, ceramics, needlework, music, and dance. The unique experience of women artists from diverse national, ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds is explored from their own viewpoints, as are the relationships between women's social condition and women's art.