Estelle Ishigo
Artist and musician Estelle Peck Ishigo (1899–1990), a white woman who married a Nisei man, is best known for chronicling life at the Heart Mountain, Wyoming, concentration camp through her drawings and paintings.
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Ernestine Anderson
Ernestine Anderson launched her amazing career as a jazz singer while still a teenaged Seattle high school student back in the 1940s.
Céline Dion
Céline Dion is perhaps one of the most celebrated and best-selling singers of all time.
Helene Stratman-Thomas
The vast varied Wisconsin Folksong Collection, the first deep field survey fully engaging the rich musical pluralism of an American region, was carried out by two remarkable women, Sidney Robertson and Helene Stratman-Thomas, between 1937-1946.
Mary Rose-Anne Bolduc
One of the most unique aspects of Québécois music are the wordless vocalizations known as turlutte. One of the most skilled individuals in this art form was Mary Rose-Anne Bolduc, or La Bolduc.
Sidney Robertson
The vast varied Wisconsin Folksong Collection, the first deep field survey fully engaging the rich musical pluralism of an American region, was carried out by two remarkable women, Sidney Robertson and Helene Stratman-Thomas, between 1937-1946.
Alys Robi
One of the first Québecoise singers to gain international recognition, who rose to fame during WWII.
Dana Suesse
American composer
Jean R Phillips
Jean R. Phillips was a securities analyst at the Treasury Department and an organist in Washington, D.C., during the 1920s-1960s.
Helen Traubel
Opera singer, teacher and writer