Stories Women Breaking Musical Barriers Folkways Recordings The Founders of All-Female Brass Bands Smithsonian Music Ella Fitzgerald, First Lady of Humanity National Museum of American History Marian Anderson and the Concert at the Lincoln Memorial Smithsonian Music Mary Lou Williams: Jazz for the Soul Folkways Recordings Meet Jenny Lind—One of America’s First Female Celebrities National Museum of American History Ella Jenkins: The First Lady of Children's Music Folkways Recordings Celia Cruz: Her Legacy at the Smithsonian Smithsonian Music In Our Own Voice: Songs of American Indian Women Folkways Recordings Singing Truth to Power: Barbara Dane’s One-Woman Riot Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Sweethearts of Rhythm National Museum of American History Iddi Achieng' at 'Divas Night: Homage to Kenyan Women in Music' Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage The Girls in the Band at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Ella Fitzgerald: Breaking Down Racial Barriers with Her Voice National Museum of American History Still Dreaming of You: Selena's Outfit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics Folkways Recordings The Woman with the Violin: Ginger Smock and the Los Angeles Jazz Scene National Museum of African American History and Culture Q and A: Wanda Jackson Smithsonian Magazine Rosanne Cash and the Many Meanings of Love Smithsonian Magazine Martha Redbone: “Drums” Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage The Women Behind the Music National Museum of African American History and Culture Collections Sampler The Piano (The Lady at the Piano) This woodcut uses the texture of the block to differentiate the woman’s blue dress from the piano and background. Beauties Playing Music Wantanbe Nobukazu’s 1891 woodblock print of women playing different musical instruments. Selena's Leather Outfit This outfit was worn by Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, a young star who rose to fame in the US and Latin American markets. Publicity portrait of Madame Lillian Evanti Madame Lillian Evanti was the first African American to sing with an organized European opera company. Explore More Collections Related to Women in Music Women in Music Folkways Playlist Albums Bread and Raises: Songs for Working Women Bobbie McGee Pioneering Women of Bluegrass Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women Various Artists To You with Love: American Folk Songs for Women Herta Marshall Traditional Women's Music from Ghana: Ewe, Fanti, Ashanti, and Dagomba Various artists Entre Hermanas: Between Sisters: Women's Songs in Spanish Sung by Suni Paz Suni Paz Afghanistan: Female Musicians of Herat Various Artists Songs of the Suffragettes Elizabeth Knight Songs of Fire: Songs of a Lesbian Anarchist Kathy Fire
