Bundel met feitelijke informatie en kritische beschouwingen over vrouwen in niet-klassieke muziekgenres, over meisjesgroepen, fans en groupies en de nieuwe man in de rockmuziek. Met bijdragen over o.a.: Billie Holiday, Ruth Brown, Etta James, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Laura Nyro, Wanda Jackson, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Bette Midler, Karen Carpenter, Yoko Ono, Nico, Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith, Jayne County, Chrissie Hynde, Donna Summer, Annabella Lwin, Madonna, Sinéad O'Connor, Janet Jackson, Selena, Maureen Tucker, Tina Weymouth, Tara Key, Laurie Anderson, Kim Gordon, Courtney Love, Neneh Cherry, Me'Shell Ndegéocello, Liz Phair, Polly Jean Harvey.
A social and cultural history of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States in which women arrived in rock and roll, as performers, critics, and fans. While operating in different ways within rock culture, female musicians, journalists, and groupies rewrote women's roles on and off the stage. Influential musicians between 1965 and 1975 were Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Laura Nyo, Joni Mitchell, Tina Turner, Grace Slick, Cass Elliot, Carole King, Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Patti Smith, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Karen Carpenter, Cher, and Diana Ross. It also contains Baron Wolman's photo gallery of rock women from the 1960s.