The 75 women, from different backgrounds and all walks of life, include writers, storytellers, businesswomen, musicians, artists, actresses, athletes, journalists, spiritual leaders, politicians and doctors. Accompanying each portrait is a distillation of the frank and open conversations Karina Turok had with the women in which they relate their stories, experiences and insights.
Albertina Sisulu, Natalie du Toit, Gcina Mhlophe, Ellen Khuzwayo, Helen Suzman, Mamphela Ramphele, Cheryl Carolus, Antjie Krog, Thandiswa Mazwai, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Nadine Gordimer, Leah Tutu, Leleti Khumalo, Masingita Masunga, Hilda Tloubatla of the Mahotella Queens, Rayda Jacobs, Frene Ginwala, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Nomaindia Mfeketo, Ray Alexander, Ruth Mompati, Wendy Luhabe, Glenda Gray, Patricia de Lille, Yvonne Mokgoro, Phyllis Spira, Adelaide Tambo, Zola Budd, Esther Mahlangu, Basetsana Kumalo, Fatima Meer, Denise Ackermann, Karen Zoid, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Maria Ramos, Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu, Thandi Klaasens, Marlene Dumas, Sindiwe Magona, Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, Alison, Elisabeth Eybers, Berni Searle, Janice Josephs, Prudence Mabele, Ferial Haffajee, Abigail Kubeka, Pregs Govender, Sue Williamson, Thandi Modise, Mary Burton, Mimi Coertse, Amina Cachalia, Sandra Prinsloo, Sibongile Khumalo, Jane Raphaely, Zoë Wicombe, Dorothy Masuku, Josie Boraine, Nicky Newton-King, Rebecca Malope, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Martha Mosoahle, Kate O’Regan, Gloria Serobe, Doreen Morris, Shula Marks, Barbara Masekela, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Lynette Denny, Magrita Adams, Janice Honeyman, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Epainette Mbeki, Nkhensani Manganyi Nkosi
