In Her Own Image examines the lives and works of ten pioneering female artists over the last century whose self-representational art opened up new vistas on the female experience. Each of the artists--K the Kollwitz, Claude Cahun, Charlotte Salomon, Frida Kahlo, Carolee Schneemann, Hannah Wilke, Ana Mendieta, Adrian Piper, Cindy Sherman, and Orlan--used her art to overcome personal obstacles and traumas, so her work is not merely in dramatic dialogue...