[3] Kathie Sarachild coined the phrase "sisterhood is powerful" in 1968, in a flier she wrote for the keynote speech she gave for New York Radical Women's first public action at the convocation of the Jeannette Rankin Brigade.

[4] The collection addresses several major issues including "the need for radical feminism, the discrimination women experienced from men in the political left, and the blatant sexism faced in the workplace.

"[5] It includes classic feminist essays and writings by activists such as Naomi Weisstein, Kate Millett, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Florynce Kennedy, Frances M. Beal, Lucinda Cisler, Joreen, Marge Piercy, Lynn Strongin, and Mary Daly, as well as historical documents including the N.O.W.

[9] The Oxford English Dictionary credits Robin Morgan with first using the term "herstory" in print in the book.

[12][13] The 2016 coming-of-age film 20th Century Women prominently features the book, being lent to Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann) by Abbie (Greta Gerwig).