Winner of the 1999 Emily Toth Award for the best feminist study of popular culture given by the Women's Caucus of the Popular Culture Association.
Each short biographical study of these artists and their professional habits charts the evolution of socially conscious photography.
~Arkansas Review
A treasury of information and analysis.... A rich resource for anyone interested in the history of photography, women's history, and American history in general.
~Bloomsbury Review
The quality in this study rests in McEuen's ability to synthesize individual creativity with a description of the period, and how these women's photography played a role in so many aspects of it.
~Choice
A valiant, well-researched effort to bridge the history of visual culture with American social and political history.
~Journal of American History
Gives credit to the women who had the unique ability to capture the unfailing human spirit in their images.
~Kentucky Monthly
Profiles five female photographers, their work, their motivations and their reflection of America.
~Lexington Herald-Leader
The best books always leave their audience wanting more. That is certainly true of this gem of a work.
~Library Journal (starred review)
Succeeds in conveying to the reader the remarkable intellectual curiosity and wherewithal of these women, as evidenced by the vibrancy and variety of the their work.
~Magill Book Reviews
McEuen has contributed an impressively-researched, well-written, and engaging volume, rich in contextual details and appealing to specialists and general readers alike.
~NWSA Journal
Illuminates both the work and the personalities of the artists—as well as the difficulties of being a woman photographer at the time.
~Ohioana Quarterly
Opens a window on American culture between the world wars.
~Publishers Weekly
McEuen looks beyond the image, in this case photographs, to understand who fashioned the image and why.
~Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
