Susan,
I imagine it's much too late for this, but there's a book that looks interesting that I found on Amazon. Karin Wells has ordered it, so you might ask her for some input. Here's the book and a reader review:
A World of Our Own
"The surprise about this book is the number of quotes from women artists themselves, not just from the l9th and 20th century, but from earlier centuries too. In the l6th century Sophonisba Anguissola's father thanks Michaelangelo for helping improve his daughter's drawing. In the l7th century, Artemisia Gentileschi says "I will show my lord, what a woman artist can do." In the l8th century, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun recalls her technique for making the most of the looks of the women she painted. The author shows how for 500 years women have made up a sigificant minority of the community of working artists. The book is lavishly illustrated with rarely seen images of women artists at work and of the paintings and sculptures they produced. This book would make a wonderful present!"
Also, if there's a library that has back issues of American Art Review magazine, they often feature women artists that are wonderful and often sorely neglected over the years.