"if you had been reading a book like this around 1968, the chapters of the 'arts in time' section would most likely not have introduced you to sofonisba anguissola, artemisia gentileschi, judith leyster, elisabeth vigee-lebrun, berthe morisot or mary cassatt. art historians knew of works by these women. they just didn't make much of an effort to include them in their telling of the history of " this quote from the textbook is about perspectives in art history.