A history of women photographers

Why women?

Color plates

At the beginning, 1839-90

Not just for fun: women become professionals, 1880-1915

Portraiture, 1890-1915

Art and recreation: pleasures of the amateur, 1890-1920

Photography between the wars: Europe, 1920-40

Photography between the wars: North America, 1920-40

Photography as information, 1940-2000

The feminist vision, 1970-95

Photography as art, 1940-2000.