Women's Bands in America

Women's Bands in America
Author: Jill M. Sullivan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2016-12-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1442254416

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In the first comprehensive exploration of women’s bands in American history, contributors trace women's emerging roles in town, immigrant, family, school, suffrage, military, swing, and rock bands, as well as society at large. Contributors bring together a series of disciplines in this unique work, including musicology, American history, women's studies, and history of education.


Women's Bands in America
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Jill M. Sullivan
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-12 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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In the first comprehensive exploration of women’s bands in American history, contributors trace women's emerging roles in town, immigrant, family, school, suf
Bands of Sisters
Language: en
Pages: 183
Authors: Jill M. Sullivan
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-15 - Publisher: Scarecrow Press

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On Saturday, November 14, 1944, radio listeners heard an enthusiastic broadcast announcer describe something they had never heard before: Women singing the "Mar
Swing Shift
Language: en
Pages: 428
Authors: Sherrie Tucker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women’s swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of “League o
Take-Off
Language: en
Pages: 80
Authors: Tonya Bolden
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-19 - Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

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The 1940's was a time when society thought it improper for women to make a sax wail or let loose hot licks on skins, but with the advent of World War II and man
Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras
Language: en
Pages: 438
Authors: D. Antoinette Handy
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Scarecrow Press

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The first edition of Black Women in American Bands & Orchestras (a Choice Outstanding Academic Book in 1982) was lauded for providing access to material unavail