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 …
Joan Jett is an American musician. She became a female pioneer in the male-dominated world of rock music while frontwoman for The Runaways. Jett got her first guitar when she was 14 and quit lessons after her teacher would only teach her folk songs since that was all that was deemed appropriate for a girl. …
Kathleen Hanna is an American musician, feminist activist, and punk zine writer. She is best known for being one of the founding members of the Riot Grrrl band Bikini Kill. Hanna was born in 1968 in Portland, Oregon. She became a feminist at a young age, inspired by Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, the feminist …