In Virginia Woolf's short essay, Shakespeare's Sister (1928), she explores the effect of the misogynistic world on women artists from the Renaissance to the 19th century. Portrayed through an imaginary Shakespearean sister and her own experiences, Woolf explains how "in the 19th century, a woman was not encouraged to become an artist." Instead, women were seen as having no value beyond the home or procreation (Jacobus 702). Such gender issues have appeared in all facets of our society, primarily focusing on gender equality in areas such as education, status, awareness, and use of socio-economic opportunities. In the current context, with a global look at history, compared to men, women remain relatively more constrained by domestic responsibilities which hinder their freedom of art, or as Rousseau said “leisure”. It is not that women have less artistic potential than men today, but perhaps that women have received inferior training, that women have received a negative image of themselves from from their family or society, or that they have had difficulty breaking into the market. artistic achievements can be highly correlated with measures of available opportunities. We can even see that most notable female creators had exceptional artistic training or received extraordinary encouragement from their families. Since these forms of support are conditional, the evidence suggests that women's achievements could, in principle, have reached much greater heights without the discrimination. A large number of potential artists are born, but most of them have no opportunity to develop their skills. The quality of artistic achievement is extremely sensitive to the initial condition, to such a favorable environment...... middle of paper ......ent of the work of women of color and the five percent of the Guggenheim. Today in the United States, the National Museum of Women in the Arts estimates that five percent of the art currently on display was created by women (Bader). As Virginia Woolf believed, women have always been deprived of artistic ability due to relative poverty and family constraints. But should it be any less so if a woman must also submit to the exhortations of society? In the progressive United States, legal sanctions protect individual freedoms, regardless of gender. However, even if women can pursue their freedoms, they remain limited in their ability to pursue their artistic genius. The United States may have progressed as a nation since the 18th century in all areas; however, gender issues continue to appear in the arts. And women should have the right to equality in art – as well as in life.