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Finding Her Voice The Saga of Women in Country Music
Finding Her Voice The Saga of Women in Country Music Author:Mary A Bufwack and Robert K Oermann A unique collaboration between the director of Nashville's United Neighborhood Health Services (Bufwack) and the founder of the reference section at the Country Music Hall of Fame library (Oermann) has resulted in a magnificent document on women in country music. Beginning with mountain women and folk music in the 1890s and ending with present-d... more »ay country music, the account is a thorough study of ordinary, working-class women and their music. The volume also functions as a social, political, and economic report that covers such topics as 19th-century showgirls, radio, protest songs, World War II, honky-tonks, Southern gospel music, rockabilly, bluegrass, and more. The text is well written, clearly organized, and accompanied by photographs (not seen). The book's extensive bibliography justifies purchase in and of itself.« less