A Feminist Perspective on New Orleans Jazzwomen

Tucker S. 2004. A Feminist Perspective on New Orleans Jazzwomen. NPS Special History Study. NPS: New Orleans Jazz Historic Park. New Orleans, Louisisana

This is a study of women in New Orleans jazz, contracted by the National Park Service, completed between 2001 and 2004. Women have participated in numerous ways, and in a variety of complex cultural contexts, throughout the history of jazz in New Orleans. While we do see traces of women’s participation in extant New Orleans jazz histories, we seldom see women presented as central to jazz culture. Therefore, they tend to appear to occupy minor or supporting roles, if they appear at all. This Research Study uses a feminist perspective to increase our knowledge of women and gender in New Orleans jazz history, roughly between 1880 and 1980, with an emphasis on the earlier years.

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Published Report
Authors
Tucker, Sherrie
Date of Issue
2004-09-30
Publisher
NPS: New Orleans Jazz Historic Park
Units
JAZZ
Keywords
A.V. Marshall Maurice, Ann Cook, Ann Cooper, Ann Johnson, Antonia P. Gonzales, Armstrong, Baby Briscoe, Bertha Gonsoulin, Billie Goodson, Billie Pierce, Blue Lu, Bookman, Cabaret, Camilla Haynes, Camilla Todd, Camille Lucie Nickerson, Congo Square, Connee Boswell, Connie Boswell, Dolly Marie Douroux Adams, Edna Colar, Edna Foster, Edna Francis, Edna Goodson, Edna Hicks, Edna Johnson, Edna Landreaux, Edna Mitchell, Edna Peterson, Education, Emma Barrett, Feminism, Feminist, Funerals, Gender, Great Migration, Ido Goodson, Jazz, Jazzwomen, Jeanette Salvant Kimball, Lady Charlotte, Lil, Lillian Hardin, Lizzie Landreaux, Lizzie Miles, Lizzie Pajaud, Louisiana, Love Austin, Luisa Baker, Mamie Desdunes, Margaret Kimble, Mercedes Fields, Mercedes Garman, Miss Dixie, Music, National Park System, Neliska Briscoe, New Orleans, NPS, Olivia Cook, Olivia L’Ange Porter Shipp, Piano, Religions, Rosalind Johnson, Sadie Goodson, Storyville, Sweet Emma, Theaters, Wilhelmina Bard de Rouen, Women, Ybonne Marther Fasnacht

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