Introduction

Women in art. Lee Miller ; Georgia O'Keeffe ; Frida Kahlo ; Yayoi Kusama ; Edmonia Lewis

Women in history. Nellie Bly ; Nakano Takeko ; Jeanne Baret ; Aud the Deep-Minded ; Sojourner Truth ; Elizabeth I ; Ana Nzinga ; Hatshepsut

Women in politics. Eleanor of Aquitaine ; Rani of Jhansi ; Emmeline Pankhurst ; Simone de Beauvoir ; Voila Desmond ; Malala Yousafzai

Women in science. Mary Anning ; Valentina Tereshkova ; Rita Levi-Montalcini ; Chien-Shiung Wu ; Elena Cornaro Piscopia ; Mary Jackson ; Nettie Stevens ; Stephanie Kwolek

Women in sports. Serena Williams ; Kathrine Switzer ; Marta Vieira da Silva ; Yani Tseng ; Robina Muqimyar

Women in music, film, and TV. Beyoncé ; Aretha Franklin ; Fanny Mendelssohn ; Lea Salonga ; Nora Ephron ; Oprah Winfrey ; Hedy Lamarr ; Gurinder Chadha

Women in literature. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ; J. K. Rowling ; Tove Jansson ; Maya Angelou ; Mary Wollstonecraft ; Gabriela Mistral

Women in business. Madam C.J. Walker ; Sheryl Sandberg ; Anita Roddick ; Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse

Epilogue

Glossary.