In a selection of thirty portraits, this book presents three generations of women who have pursued their ambitions in the gallery business - from the pioneers to the powerful women who lead the market today to a new generation of young women gallerists who are now playing key roles in the global art market. The pioneers are: Annely Juda, Denise René, Ileana Sonnabend, and Antonia Gmurzynska. Power women are: Marian Goodman, Luisa Strina, Bärbel Grässlin, Helga de Alvear, Hyunsook Lee, Ursula Krinzinger, Janelle Reiring, Helene Winer, Eva Presenhuber, Barbara Gladstone, Juana de Aizpuru, Monika Sprüth, Philomene Magers, Filomena Soares, Ilona Anhava, Maureen Paley, Giti Nourbakhsch, Nina Menocal, Chantal Crousel, Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Atsuko Koyanagi, Elena Selina, Pearl Lam. Climbers are: Karin Guenther, Suzy Shammah, Catherine Bastide, Ellen de Bruijne, and Sorcha Dallas.