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9:30 Coffee Break: Iconic Women in Music

March 08, 2013

Rosie "We Can Do It" poster women
Happy International Women's Day. Give us your suggestions for iconic women in music for today's Coffee Break.
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Happy International Women's Day! The first national Women's Day was observed in 1909 in the United States following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. In 1910, delegates (100 women from 17 countries) came together for a Women's Day conference and decided to put Women's Day into action with the idea of a strategy to promote equal rights, including suffrage, for women. The following year, on March, 18 1911, IWD was marked for the first time, by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.

We're keeping the theme simple today and honoring iconic women in music. Give us your suggestions for who we should play for the iconic women in music Coffee Break.

Songs Played:

Aretha Franklin - "Think"

Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation"

Loretta Lynn - "The Pill"

Kate Bush - "Hounds of Love"

Queen Latifa - "Ladies Night feat. Monie Love"

Nina Simone - "See Line Woman"

Bjork - "Hidden Place"