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Clara L Bickford

Cleveland musician, teacher, and collector who founded and served as the first president (1933-35) of the Women’s Committee of the Cleveland Institute of Music

Marge Tucker

Among many achievements, Aunty Marge was the first Aboriginal woman to serve on the Aboriginal Welfare Board.

Betty Carter developed a legendary reputation as one of the great mentors for young jazz musicians. Equally legendary was her singing prowess, creating a distinctive style of improvisation that could transcend any song.

Dorothy Donegan

Blessed with an enormous orchestral capacity at the keyboard, Dorothy Donegan was fluent in several styles of jazz as well as with European classical music.

Dorthaan Kirk

Called “Newark’s First Lady of Jazz,” Kirk has been active as a curator and producer of jazz events primarily in and around Newark, New Jersey, and is an avid supporter of musicians and jazz education for children.

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown was the first woman instrumentalist honored with the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship.

Hai-Ting Chinn

Mezzo-soprano opera singer

Marlene VerPlanck

American jazz and pop vocalist whose body of work centered on big band jazz, the American songbook, and cabaret

Martina Arroyo

American opera singer and educator

Sheila Jordan

Sheila Jordan was not only one of the premier singers in jazz, but she was known for her stimulating vocal workshops as well. A superb scat singer, she could just as easily reach the emotional depths of a ballad.