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Kankawa Nagarra

Walmatjarri elder, community activist, and blues and gospel singer-songwriter

Darlene Love

Despite—or perhaps because of—her phenomenal talent, singer Darlene Love was held back for years by producer Phil Spector, who relegated her to background singer roles.

Googoosh

Iranian megastar who catapulted to stardom in Iran during the 1970s, only to be silenced by the Islamist regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Mimí Derba

Mexican actress, singer, writer, screenwriter, editor, director, and film producer

Fay Sargent

20th century Irish singer, actress, and journalist

Mildred Miller

American mezzo-soprano with New York’s Metropolitan Opera Co.

Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline was a singer whose biggest hits—”Walkin’ After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces,” and “Crazy”—embody the so-called Nashville Sound, a synthesis of country and popular music.

Helen Reddy

Australian feminist musician

Ximena de Tavira

Mexican singer-songwriter and writer. Founding member of the international collective Las Poetas del Megáfono (The Poets of the Megaphone)

With numerous successful albums and many major awards under her belt, Trisha Yearwood established herself as one of country music’s most popular female vocalists. Starting with her debut release in 1991, she has amassed an enormous following of listeners who are drawn to her “everywoman” songs of fortitude and vulnerability.