American women songwriters
A biographical dictionary
A biographical dictionary
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| Armstrong, Lil (b. 1902 d. 1971) | composer, lyricist |
| Ashford, Emma Louise (b. 1850 d. 1930) | composer |
| Austin, Lovie (b. 1897 d. 1972) | piano |
| Baez, Joan (Chandos) (b. 1941) | folksinger, vocals |
| Baker, Anita (b. 1957) | soul singer |
| Bates, Katherine Lee (b. 1859 d. 1929) | hymnologist |
| Bayes, Nora (b. 1880 d. 1928) | actress, cast |
| Beecher, Clare Rodman (b. 1888 d. 1958) | author, composer |
| Belle, Barbara (b. 1922) | folksinger, songwriter |
| Bergman, Marilyn Keith (b. 1929) | lyricist |
| Bigeou, Esther (b. 1895 d. 1936) | blues singer, vocals |
| Bond, Carrie Jacobs (b. 1862 d. 1946) | composer, publisher |
| Brown, Phoebe Hinsdale (b. 1783 d. 1861) | hymnologist, hymnwriter |
| Bryant, Felice (b. 1925) | composer, country music song writer |
| Burns, Annelu (b. 1889 d. 1942) | lyricist, teacher |
| Caldwell, Anne (b. 1867 d. 1936) | author, cast |
| Campbell, Lucie Eddie (b. 1885 d. 1963) | composer of gospel songs |
| Canning, Effie (b. 1857 d. 1940) | actress, songwriter |
| Carey, Mariah (b. 1970) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Carlisle, Una Mae (b. 1918 d. 1956 a. 1941) | piano, vocals |
| Carpenter, Imogen (b. 1918) | composer, piano |
| Carroll, June Betty (b. ERR4> a. 1934) | cast, composer |
| Carson, Martha (b. 1921) | singer, guitar |
| Carter, Betty (b. 1930) | singer, vocals |
| Carter, Carlene (b. 1955) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Carter, June (b. 1929) | singer, autoharp |
| Carter, Maybelle Addington (b. 1909 d. 1978) | country music singer, guitar |
| Cash, Rosanne (b. 1955 a. 1980) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Chapman, Tracy (b. 1964) | songwriter |
| Coates, Dorothy Love (b. 1928) | composer, gospel singer |
| Collins, Judy (Marjorie) (b. 1939) | piano, singer |
| Comden, Betty (b. 1915) | cast, composer |
| Cooper, Wilma Lee (b. 1921) | country music singer, vocals |
| Cotten, Elizabeth "Libba" (b. 1893 d. 1987) | guitar, folksinger |
| Cox, Ida (b. 1896 d. 1967) | composer, lyricist |
| Crosby, Fanny Jane (b. 1820 d. 1915) | poet, hymn writer |
| Cryer, Gretchen (b. 1935) | cast, composer |
| Cushing, Catherine Chisholm (b. 1874 d. 1952) | author, composer |
| Dane, Barbara (b. 1927) | singer, vocals |
| Danzig, Evelyn (b. 1902) | songwriter |
| Davis, Katherine Kennicott (b. 1892 d. 1980) | composer, hymnologist |
| Davis, Skeeter (b. 1931) | country music singer, songwriter |
| De Shannon, Jackie (b. 1944) | composer, lyricist |
| Dee, Sylvia (b. 1914 d. 1967) | composer, lyricist |
| Deutsch, Helen (b. 1906) | author, lyricist |
| Donnelly, Dorothy (b. 1880 d. 1928) | composer, director |
| Douglas, Memphis Minnie [Minnie] (b. 1896 d. 1973) | guitar, vocals |
| Duncan, Rosetta (b. 1900 d. 1959) | cast, composer |
| Duncan, Vivian (b. 1902) | cast, composer |
| Dungan, Olive (b. 1903) | composer |
| Dunham, Katherine (b. 1910) | cast, choreographer |
| Eberhart, Nelle Richmond (b. 1871 d. 1944) | lyricist, poet |
| Eddy, Mary Baker (b. 1821 d. 1910) | hymn writer |
| Edwards, Clara (b. 1887 d. 1974) | songwriter |
| Edwards, Joan (b. 1919 d. 1981) | composer, jazz singer |
| Edwards, Susie (b. 1896 d. 1963) | vaudeville entertainer, vocals |
| Evans, Dale (b. 1912) | singer, vocals |
| Fields, Dorothy (b. 1905 d. 1974) | cast, composer |
| Fine, Sylvia (b. 1913 d. 1991) | composer, lyricist |
| Firestone, Idabelle (b. 1874 d. 1954) | songwriter |
| Fisher, Doris (b. 1915) | composer, lyricist |
| Fitzgerald, Ella (b. 1920 a. 1936) | composer, interprete |
| Ford, Nancy (b. 1935) | additional Music, arranger |
| Franklin, Aretha (b. 1942) | soul singer, vocals |
| Fuller, Sarah Margaret (b. 1810 d. 1850) | hymn writer, critic |
| Gentry, Bobbie (b. 1944) | singer, vocals |
| Goetschius, Marjorie (b. 1915) | composer, piano |
| Grant, Leola "Coot" (b. 1893) | vaudeville entertainer, vocals |
| Green, Lillian (b. 1919 d. 1954) | singer, songwriter |
| Hale, Sarah Josepha (b. 1788 d. 1879) | poet, songwriter |
| Hamilton, Nancy (b. 1908 d. 1985) | cast, composer |
| Hammerstein, Alice (b. 1921) | songwriter |
| Hanaford, Phoebe Anne (b. 1829 d. 1921) | author, hymn writer |
| Hawes, Bess Lomax (b. 1921) | lyricist, singer |
| Hawks, Annie Sherwood (b. 1835 d. 1918) | hymnologist, poet |
| Hegamin, Lucille (b. 1894 d. 1970) | singer, vocals |
| Hill, Chippie (b. 1905 d. 1950) | singer |
| Hill, Mildred J. (b. 1859 d. 1916) | organ, piano |
| Hill, Patty Smith (b. 1868 d. 1946) | composer |
| Holiday, Billie (b. 1915 d. 1959) | musicisti, singer |
| Howe, Julia Ward (b. 1819 d. 1910) | poet, hymn writer |
| Hunter, Alberta (b. 1895 d. 1984) | blues singer, cast |
| Hyde, Ann Beadley (b. 1799 d. 1872) | hymnologist |
| Ian, Janis (b. 1951) | singer, vocals |
| Jackson, Aunt Molly (b. 1880 d. 1960) | folksinger |
| Jackson, Janet (Damita) (b. 1966) | singer, songwriter |
| Jackson, Wanda (Lavonne) (b. 1937) | singer, guitar |
| James, Inez Eleanor (b. 1919) | composer, lyricist |
| Janis, Elsie (b. 1889 d. 1956) | cast, composer |
| Johnson, Edith (b. 1903 d. 1988) | piano, singer |
| Johnson, Mary "Signifyin" (b. 1900) | singer, songwriter |
| Jones, Maggie (b. 1900) | piano, singer |
| Joplin, Janis (b. 1943 d. 1970) | singer, songwriter |
| Judd, Naomi [Diana Ellen] (b. 1946 a. 1983) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Judd, Wynonna (b. 1964 a. 1983) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Kerr, Jean (b. 1923) | lyricist |
| King, Carole (b. 1943) | composer, lyricist |
| Kitchings, Irene Armstrong (d. 1970s a. 1930s) | piano, leader |
| Knapp, Phoebe Palmer (b. 1839 d. 1909) | philanthropist, composer of gospel songs |
| Lathbury, Mary Artemisia (b. 1841 d. 1913) | hymnologist |
| Lee, Julia (b. 1902 d. 1958) | rhythm & blues singer, piano |
| Lee, Peggy (b. 1920) | cast, composer |
| Leech, Lida Shivers (b. 1873 d. 1962) | hymn writer |
| Leigh, Carolyn (b. 1926 d. 1983) | librettist, lyricist |
| Lincoln, Abbey (b. 1930) | singer, vocals |
| Liston, Virginia (b. 1890 d. 1932) | blues singer, vocals |
| Lynn, Judy (b. 1936) | cast, singer |
| Lynn, Loretta (b. 1935) | singer, vocals |
| MacColl, Peggy (b. 1935) | folksinger, songwriter |
| Madonna (b. 1959) | rock singer, songwriter |
| Martin, Roberta Evelyn (b. 1907 d. 1969) | gospel singer, piano |
| Martin, Sallie (b. 1896 d. 1988) | gospel singer |
| Martin, Sara (b. 1884 d. 1955) | blues singer, cast |
| McDaniel, Hattie (b. 1895 d. 1952) | singer, songwriter |
| McEntire, Reba [Reba Nell] (b. 1955) | country music singer, vocals |
| Midler, Bette (b. 1945) | singer, vocals |
| Montana, Patsy (b. 1914) | composer, vocals |
| Moore, Monette (b. 1902 d. 1962) | jazz singer |
| Morgan, Agnes (a. 1910) | cast, director |
| Morse, Theodora (b. 1890 d. 1953) | composer, director |
| Nelson, Tracy (b. 1944) | country music singer, vocals |
| Nichols, Alberta (b. 1898 d. 1957) | composer, songwriter |
| Nugent, Maude Jerome (b. 1877 d. 1958) | composer, lyricist |
| Oslin, K.T. [Kay Toinette] (b. 1941) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Owens, Bonnie (b. 1933) | country music singer, guitar |
| Parton, Dolly (Rebecca) (b. 1946) | country music singer, vocals |
| Petkere, Bernice (b. 1906) | composer, songwriter |
| Pierce, Billie (b. 1907 d. 1974) | choreographer, piano |
| Pounds, Jessie Brown (b. 1861 d. 1921) | hymn writer |
| Previn, Dory (b. 1929) | lyricist, singer |
| Rainey, Ma (b. 1886 d. 1939) | blues singer, composer |
| Raitt, Bonnie (b. 1949) | blues singer, guitar |
| Reece, Florence (b. 1900 d. 1986) | folksinger, songwriter |
| Reynolds, Malvina (b. 1900 d. 1978) | writer of political songs |
| Ritchie, Jean (b. 1922) | singer, dulcimer |
| Rodgers, Mary (b. 1931) | composer, librettist |
| Roma, Caro (b. 1869 d. 1937) | cast, composer |
| Ronell, Ann (b. 1903) | composer, lyricist |
| Sager, Carole Bayer (b. 1944) | composer, lyricist |
| Sanders, Alma M. (b. 1882 d. 1956) | composer, lyricist |
| Scruggs, Irene (b. 1901) | blues singer, vocals |
| Sigourney, Lydia Howard (Huntley) (b. 1791 d. 1865) | writer on etiquette, hymnologist |
| Simon, Carly (b. 1945) | singer |
| Simone, Nina (b. 1933) | piano, singer |
| Smith, Bessie (b. 1894 d. 1937) | blues singer |
| Smith, Clara (b. 1895 d. 1935) | singer |
| Smith, Trixie (b. 1895 d. 1943) | blues singer, cast |
| Smith, Willie Mae Ford (b. 1904) | gospel singer, hymnologist |
| Spivey, Queen [Victoria Regina] (b. 1906 d. 1976) | blues singer, vocals |
| Stowe, Harriet Beecher (b. 1812 d. 1896) | author, poet |
| Streisand, Barbra (Joan) (b. 1942) | actress, cast |
| Strickland, Lily (Teresa) (b. 1887 d. 1958) | composer, organ |
| Suesse, Dana (b. 1911 d. 1987) | cast, composer |
| Sunshine, Marion (b. 1894 d. 1963) | cast, composer |
| Swados, Elizabeth (b. 1951) | additional Lyrics, cast |
| Swift, Kay (b. 1897) | composer, lyricist |
| Taylor, Koko (b. 1935) | blues singer |
| Thomas, Hociel (b. 1904 d. 1952) | singer, vocals |
| Thompson, Kay (b. 1913) | composer, author |
| Thornton, Big Mama (b. 1926 d. 1984) | blues singer, vocals |
| Twomey, Kathleen (Kay) Greeley (b. 1914) | lyricist |
| Vega, Suzanne (b. 1960) | folksinger, songwriter |
| Walker, Cindy (b. 1920) | composer, country music singer |
| Wallace, Sippie (b. 1898 d. 1986) | piano, singer |
| Ward, Clara (b. 1924 d. 1973) | G [=?], gospel singer |
| Warner, Anna Bartlett (b. 1820 d. 1915) | hymnologist |
| Washington, Dinah (b. 1924 d. 1963) | blues singer, vocals |
| Waters, Ethel (b. 1900 d. 1977) | actress, cast |
| Wayne, Mabel (b. 1898) | singer, dancer |
| Weil, Cynthia (b. 1942) | composer, lyricist |
| Wells, Kitty (b. 1919) | country music singer, vocals |
| Wells, Viola Gertrude (b. 1902 d. 1984) | singer, vocals |
| West, Dottie (b. 1932 d. 1991) | singer, songwriter |
| Whitney, Joan (b. 1914) | composer, lyricist |
| Whitson, Beth Slater (b. 1879 d. 1930) | lyricist, songwriter |
| Willard, Emma C. Hart (b. 1787 d. 1870) | poet |
| Williams, Marion (b. 1927) | gospel singer, songwriter |
| Williams, Mary Lou (b. 1910 d. 1981) | arranger, cast |
| Wilson, Edith (b. 1896 d. 1981) | cast, jazz singer |
| Wilson, Jennie (b. 1857 d. 1913) | hymn writer |
| Wilson, Kitty (b. 1927) | singer, string bass |
| Wynette, Tammy (b. 1942) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Yancey, Estella "Mama" (b. 1896 d. 1986) | blues singer |
| Young, Rida Johnson (b. 1869 d. 1926) | author, librettist |