Songs for Empowered Women
There is a specific topic page on Songs about Women that includes links to the chapter lists for feminist songs in Rise Up Singing and Rise Again. This particular page is a collection of some of our favorite songs by and about women claiming power in their lives and work.
Some older classics:
- Bella Ciao (lyrics in RUS are from feminists in 1970s)
- Can't Kill the Spirit (Naomi Morena)
- Fight Back (Holly Near)
- I Am Willing (Holly Near)
- I Am a Woman (Ruth Pelham)
- Mountain Song (Holly Near)
- No Hole in My Head (Malvina Reynolds)
- Still Ain't Satisfied (Bonnie Lockhart)
- We Don't Need the Men (Malvina Reynolds)
- I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Nina Simone)
- Ella's Song (Bernice Johnson Reagon)
- Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves (Annie Lennox)
- These Boots Are Made for Walkin' (Nancy Sinatra)
- We Were There (Bev Grant)
Rosa's Lovely Daughters (Robb Johnson)
Other songs in The Music Box:
Some newer anthems:
- Fight Like a Girl (Raye Zaragoza)
- Never One Thing (May Erlewine)
- Put a Woman in Charge (Keb' Mo' & Rosanne Cash)
- Resilient (Rising Appalachia)
These Hands (Linda Hirschhorn)
A Woman's Place (Sara Thomsen)
Working Class Woman (Barbara Dane)
