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Coffee Break: Female empowerment

Margo Price performing at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. in May 2018.
Margo Price performing at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. in May 2018.Chris Phelps

by Jill Riley and Anna Weggel

August 26, 2020

Today is Women's Equality Day, commemorating the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote on the basis of sex.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that celebrate female empowerment?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Margo Price - Pay Gap
Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
Deap Vally - Smile More
The Chicks - Gaslighter
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Robyn - Dancing On My Own