Both a product (albums! cassettes! posters!) and a destination (rallies! concerts! festivals!), women’s music fused feminist politics, woman-staffed sound production and grassroots folk traditions to create a bold new recording and performance network. When we had no rights at all, women’s music was also the sound and site of the lesbian revolution. This year we celebrate the musicians and producers who, across five decades, gave us the soundtracks and spaces affirming our lives.
Author: Bonnie J. Morris
Bonnie J. Morris is a women's history professor and the author of 19 books, including What's the Score? 25 Years of Teaching Women's Sports History, Eden Built By Eves, Women's History for Beginners, The Disappearing L, Sappho's Bar and Grill, and The Feminist Revolution. Now the archivist for Olivia Records, she has been documenting the women's music movement for over 35 years. Find her at www.bonniejmorris.com.
Rest in Power: Helen Reddy, Whose ‘I Am Woman’ Was the Anthem for Our Awakening
Helen Reddy, whose 1972 hit “I Am Woman” sold over a million copies and voiced what so many women were feeling but dared not express out loud, died on September 29; she was 78.