"[3] The book collected photographs of Heyman's life, "challenge[ing] assumptions about being a woman", and "documented the female experience from a feminist perspective.
Even from a young age, women were constantly being told or pushed to believe that beauty is everything and is one of the only things what will guaranteed them a good life.
This still stems into modern day culture at times due to the overwhelming pressure of beauty standards placed on women today.
While it is less demanding due to body positivity and the movements to support individuality, it is still an issue faced by millions.
"[2] During the 1970s, the work sold more than 35,000 copies, and was a mainstay of women's bookstores and feminist literature displays, along with Our Bodies, Ourselves.
Right before publishing her greatest work, Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal, Heyman graduate college in 1964 and pursued a rigorous study in photograph.