Women and Clay - seven sets of articles that focus on different aspects of women and their work in clay. Guest editor: Clary Illian. The Goddess in Prehistory: The Ancient One by Suzanne Benton; The Origins of Ceramics: Figurine Manufactured at Dolni Vestonice, circa 26,000 B.P. by Pamela Vandiver; Critical Overviews: The Crime of Candor: Feminist Art Criticism by Susan Leibovitz Steinman; For Women, the Word Is Not Always the Word As We Understand It by Mireille Perron; Sexual Discrimination: Thoughts from the Field by Gail Kendall; Reflections on a Feminist Aesthetic by Susan Crowell; Fear, Loss, and Regeneration by Nancy Fried; Foremothers: Adelaide Alsop Robineau by Frederick Platt; Louise McLaughlin's Porcelain by Anita J. Ellis; more in part II of this issue.