Women in Music | Smithsonian Institution

32c Rosetta Tharpe single

Patsy Cline's Costume

Journal, used by MC Lyte

Selena's Leather Outfit

Dolly Parton

Sissieretta Jones

Aretha Franklin, SCLC convention, Club Paradise, Memphis, TN

Satin gown worn by Marian Anderson and Denyce Graves

Sarah Chang

Hello, Dolly Dress

Patti Smith Self-Portrait

Beyoncé

Mother Maybelle and the Carter Family

Lydia Mendoza, Ciudad Juarez, 1937

Aretha Franklin

Odetta

Dress worn by Celia Cruz

Billie Holiday

Photograph of Hazel Scott performing with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra

Deborah Harry

Leontyne Price

Forever Latin Music Legends: Celia Cruz single

Coal Miner's Daughter

Nina Simone, 1977

A group of women in a garden, entertaining themselves with music and dancing

Women's Dance

Madonna

Track sheet used during the recording of "Ladies First" by Queen Latifah

Joni Mitchell

“On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"

Joan Baez

Harmonica owned by Big Mama Thornton

Dress worn by Lydia Mendoza

Night Mare / Hound Dog

Mahalia Jackson

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