In trying to make the book accessible and appealing to those who might not have an existing knowledge of art, Frigeri was careful to consider what information to include about each artist, striving to create a balance between biographical information and information about the art they created. When discussing what she wanted to portray about an artist, Frigeri says “the book was meant to introduce readers to the topic and hopefully if intrigued they would go on and read more about individual women”. Examples of artists featured include what Frigeri describes as “lesser known but equally key figures” like the futurist Benedetta Cappa Marinetti and figurative painter Amrita Sher-Gil, as well as better known icons such as Yoko Ono and Guerilla Girls, giving readers plenty to explore, as well as potentially new information about well-known favourites.
Despite the outlook for women in the art world looking less bleak than in centuries past. Frigeri states that 87% of the permanent collections of 18 major art museums and galleries in the USA are works by male artists. However, she does not believe that this can be solved by simply increasing the number of women artists represented; “Gender should never be treated as a means of distinguishing between artists. We need to get to a point where works speak for themselves, regardless of the artists’ gender… My hope is to get to a point where it won’t be necessary to single out women artists, because their work will be part of art’s larger narratives”.