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. Depicted through a fictional sister of Shakespeare and her own experiences, Woolf explains how "in the nineteenth century a woman was not encouraged to be an artist." Instead, women were deemed of no value beyond the home or procreation (Jacobus 702). Such gender issues have emerged in every aspect of our society, primarily focusing on gender equality in areas such as education, status, awareness and utilization of socioeconomic opportunities. In today's context, with an overall look at history, compared to men, women remain relatively more constrained by domestic responsibilities that hinder their freedom for art, or as Rousseau said “free time”. It is not that women have less artistic potential than men today, perhaps it is because women have been given inferior education, women have received a negative self-image from family or society, or women have found it difficult to enter the market. Achievements in the arts can be strongly correlated with measures of available opportunities. You may also find that most notable female creators had exceptional artistic educations or received extraordinary encouragement from their families. As these forms of support are contingent, the evidence suggests that women's outcomes could, in principle, have reached much higher levels, were it not for discrimination. A large number of potential artists are born, but most of these individuals do not have the opportunity to develop their skills. The quality of the artistic result is extremely sensitive to the initial conditions, to such a favorable environment... at the center of the paper......for the work of women of color and the five percent of the Guggenheim. In the United States today, the National Museum of Women in the Arts estimates that 5% of the art currently on display was made by women (Bader). As Virginia Woolf believed, women have always been deprived of any artistic ability due to relative poverty and family constraints. But shouldn't it be less important that women also have to endure the exhortations of society? In the progressive United States, legal sanctions protect individual freedoms, regardless of gender. However, although women can pursue their freedoms, they are still limited in their ability to pursue artistic genius. It is possible that the United States has progressed as a nation since the eighteenth century in every way of life; however, gender issues still emerge in the arts. And women should have the right to equality in art, as well as in life.