Sad to say this attitude has continued into more recent times. The following is a quote from a 1947 review of an exhibit of the very strong, powerful, and, some might say, masculine sculptures of Louise Nevelson:

"We learned the artist is a woman in time to check our enthusiasm. Had it been otherwise we might have hailed these sculptural expressions as by a great figure among the moderns."

This is definitely sad to see. At least by the '60s when I saw her work in museum collections Nevelson was taken seriously so there seems to be progress.