"Profiled are 26 American women from the 18th through 21st centuries, who have made-or are still making--history as artists, writers, teachers, lawyers, or athletes. The women come from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds and many had to overcome extreme hardships. One woman represents each alphabetical letter beginning with Angela Davis, an activist, teacher, and writer, and concludes with Zora Neale Hurston, an anthropologist and writer."--Publisher.

Angela Davis -- Billie Jean King -- Carol Burnett -- Dolores Huerta -- Ella Baker -- Florence Griffith-Joyner -- The Grimke sisters -- Hazel Scott -- Isadora Duncan -- Jovita Idar -- Kate Bornstein -- Lucy Parsons -- Maya Lin -- Nellie Bly -- Odetta -- Patti Smith -- "Queen Bessie" Coleman -- Rachel Carson -- Sonia Sotomayor -- Temple Grandin -- Ursula K. LeGuin -- Virginia Apgar -- Wilma Mankiller -- X -- Yuri Kochiyama -- Zora Neale Hurston.