Zitkála-Šá (“Red Bird”), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Native American musician, writer and activist who fought for women’s suffrage and Indigenous voting rights in the early 20th century. Her writings and activism led to citizenship and voting rights for not only women, but all Indigenous people.
Tuini left behind a rich legacy of songs and an unsurpassed standard of composition, work and community leadership.
Irish pianist, composer, and newspaper proprietor
Irish pianist, composer, and poet
American author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,
“As an actress in comedy Dorothy Jordan can have had few equals, and no woman of the stage was ever more extravagantly praised by the eminent critics of her time.”
Ngāti Toa leader, peacemaker, composer of waiata
American musician and composer
Spanish vocalist.
English musical composer and vocalist