For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Angela Morley, a composer and conductor who became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Academy Award. Morley was a multi-instrumentalist who began her career playing in bands until in 1944 she joined the Geraldo Orchestra. As a composer, …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy, best known by her stage name Coccinelle. She was a French actress, entertainer, singer and the first widely publicized post-war gender reassignment case in Europe. Coccinelle was a successful performer and media sensation. She built a singing career, …
This weeks Illustrated Woman in History was submitted by Stan Charles Roberts. It is featured in the Women’s History Month 2019 zine. Click here to buy. Courtney Love is a feminist singer, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist best known as the front woman of Hole. She has been called “the number one greatest female rock star of all …
The biography for this weeks illustrated woman in history was submitted by Anna Sanderson. Illustration by Thom Kofoed. Karen Carpenter was a singer and drummer with the brother-sister duo Carpenters. A pioneer for female percussionists, her untimely death brought much needed awareness to the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. Karen Anne Carpenter was born on March …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was illustrated by B Newman. It is featured in the Illustrated Women in History zine #5 which is available here http://etsy.me/2nMhm6n Dusty Springfield was born in 1939 in West Hampstead, London. She began singing with a group called the Lona Sisters before forming the Springfields with her brothers. The …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was illustrated by Emma Thacker. It is featured in the Illustrated Women in History zine #5 which is available here http://etsy.me/2nMhm6n Sister Rosetta Tharpe was the ‘godmother of rock ‘n’ roll’. She was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. Tharpe’s mother encouraged her musically and by 4 years …
Dame Ethel Smyth was a celebrated composer, author, musician and suffragette. She was the first female composer to be awarded a damehood. Smyth showed a talent for music at a young age, but had to fight to be able to study it as her father did not support her interests. At 19, Smyth was allowed to …
Danica Roem is an American journalist and politician of the Democratic Party from Northern Virginia. In the 2017 elections, she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. She will become the first openly transgender person to both be elected to a U.S. state’s legislature and serve her term. Roem was born in Prince William …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Rachel Nelson. Carrie Brownstein is an American musician, comedian, writer, actress, and director. She rose to prominence in the acclaimed punk band Sleater-Kinney, which she formed in 1994 with Corin Tucker. Brownstein grew up in Washington State and attended college in Olympia. During this time she …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Roberta Fidora @robertafidora. It is part of the Illustrated Women in History III zine which is available here http://etsy.me/2nwlby2 To many, Grace Jones is notorious for whacking an etiquette-challenged chat show host and being the muse of many a photographer, fashion designer and artist, but her …