Anna Magdalena Bach
Australian music scholar Martin Jarvis argues that Johann Sebastian Bach’s six unaccompanied cello suites may have been composed by his second wife, Anna Magdalena Bach.
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Rose Marie McCoy
Rose Marie Hinton McCoy broke into the white, male-dominated music business in the early 1950s to become a highly sought-after songwriter whose career lasted over six decades.
Marjorie Florence Lawrence
Marjorie Florence Lawrence, an Australian native and star soprano with the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York City, became an exemplar for endurance when she rebuilt her career after being stricken by poliomyelitis (commonly known as polio).
Barbara Hendricks
American lyric soprano
Martha Reeves
Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas
Dr Lou Bennett
Lou Bennett is a performer, songwriter, musical and artistic director, composer, actor, soundscape and music designer and educator from the Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung people in Echuca, Victoria, Australia.
Maisie McDaniel
20th century Irish singer
Beth Ditto
Beth Ditto achieved renown as the singer and songwriter for Gossip, an indie, dance-punk band based in Portland, Oregon, before pursuing a solo career in music and acting.
Susan Boyle
Scottish singer
Sharon Jones
American singer