In celebration of Women’s History Month 2025, I am updating one of my first Sassy Sister Stuff articles that I wrote to ...

Protest songs have been part of American history for centuries — from “Yankee Doodle” during the Revolutionary War period to “Okie from Muskogee” by Merle Haggard to Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” — and ...

When it comes to breakups, you could say the women of country music do it best. Of course some will argue that point, so we'll soften our stance slightly: When it comes to breakups, country music ...

There’s a bit of a trend for women in country music that was big in the 90s and 2000s: country songs about ending abusive husbands. While men in country typically like to sing about trucks, beer, ...

Ritual and ceremonial words -- Thirteenth century to 1916: the age of African empires -- Lullabies and songs of young women -- Work songs -- The 1970s and 1980s: negotiating new social identities -- ...

While they get rich on the profits that I lose And leaving me here with the working girl blues.” Born in West Virginia in 1935, Hazel Dickens lived and understood the experiences of working people — ...