Now available again in an expanded edition and featuring a variety of works by both well-known and lesser-known artists, this volume explores the groundbreaking achievements of the feminist avant-garde. For art history, the 1970s mark the beginning of a period in which women undermined culturally and socially established constructions and traditional norms. The second wave of feminism, with the slogan "The personal is political," questioned the one-dimensional roles assigned to women – mother, housewife, and spouse. During this time, female artists radically questioned their duties and created a variety of self-determined representations of themselves. By rejecting traditional, male-dominated techniques such as painting, these artists embraced new media like photography, film, video, and performance. The result was works that were radical, poetic, ironic, bitter, cynical, and heart-wrenching. This book presents more than seventy international female artists, including works by Martha Rosler, Mary Beth Edelson, Ana Mendieta, Nil Yalter, and Ulrike Rosenbach. Editor Gabriele Schor used the term feminist avant-garde to emphasize the role these artists have played over the past four decades. This new edition has been expanded to include twenty-five new artists – including Emma Amos, Dara Birnbaum, Rose English, Natalia LL, and others – as well as current research on feminist exhibitions, catalogs, and journals. Each artist is introduced through an essay, and the book also includes fascinating texts by leading scholars.