While there are several wonderful options for books, movies, and that shine a light on women in music we have picked from our library collection and from our staffs reading list.
Nonfiction
- Dusty: An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend by Karen Bartlett
- Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Gayle Wald
- Just Kids by Patti Smith
- All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930 by Andrea Barnet
- She Bop (I & II) Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop, and Soul by Lucy O’Brien
- Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business by Dolly Parton
- You Don’t Own Me: The Life and Times of Leslie Gore by Trevor Tolliver
Films/Documentaries
- What Happened Miss Simone? (2015)
- What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Please give more recommendations in the comments below!
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