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Part 1. The Classical Tradition. Women in Composition before the Second World War / Sophie Fuller ; Women in Composition during the Cold War in Music / Rhiannon Mathias ; Behind the Iron Curtain : Female Composers in the Soviet Bloc / Elaine Kelly ; Still Exceptional? Women in Composition approaching the Twenty-First Century / Astrid Kvalbein ; On the Podium : Women Conductors / Laura Hamer ; Soloists and Divas : Evolving Opportunities, Identity, and Reception / Francesca Placanica ; In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 1 / Elizabeth Hoffman -- Part 2. Women in Popular Music. Most of My Sheroes Don't Appear on a Stamp : Contextualising the Contributions of Women Musicians to the Progression of Jazz / Tammy L. Kernodle ; Leaders of the Pack : Girl Groups of the 1960s / Jacqueline Warwick ; Women and Rock / Leah Branstetter ; (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman : Women in Songwriting / Katherine Williams ; The British Folk Revival : Mythology and the 'Non-figuring' and 'Figuring' Woman / Michael Brocken ; How MTV Idols Got Us in Formation : Solo Women and Their Brands Make Space for Truth Telling, Trauma, and Survival in Popular Music from 1981 to the Present / Kristin J. Lieb ; In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 2 / Virginia Kettle -- Part 3. Women and Music Technology. Case Studies of Women in Electronic Music : The Early Pioneers / Louis Niebur ; The Star-Eaters : A 2019 Survey of Female and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals using Electronics for Music / Margaret Schedel and Flannery Cunningham ; In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 3 / Manuella Blackburn -- Part 4. Women's Wider Work in Music. Women and Music Education : Pedagogues, Curricula, and Role Models / Robert Legg ; Women in the Music Industries: The Art of Juggling / Clare K. Duffin ; In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 4 / Steph Power -- Afterword. Challenges and Opportunities : Ways Forward for Women Working in Music / Victoria Armstrong.