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These 12 notable women from the realms of music, art, literature, dance, film, and photography will provoke and inspire you throughout the year. Selected quotations, both by and about these women, reveal their thoughts, passions, beliefs, ambitions, and perspectives on their life's work, their special challenges as women, and their views on women in general. Also featured: lists of selected works for further reading, filmographies, discographies, and important dates in women's literary and creative history. Featured: Joan Baez; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Joan Blondell; Mary Wolstonecraft; Isadora Duncan; Georgia O'Keeffe; H.D.; Susan Glaspell; Mae West; Lillian Gish; Meredith Monk; Berenice Abbott.