Women in Music Posters “Sh...-Sn...-”
for social studies and music education classrooms, home schoolers, and inspirational decor.

Moira Shearer
b. 1-17-1926; Scotland
d. 1-31-2006; England

Actress and ballet dancer Moira Shearer is best remembered for her role in the ballet themed movie The Red Shoes.

Beverly Sills
b. 5-25-1929; NY
b. 7-2-2007; NY

Nina Simone
née Eunice Kathleen Waymon
b. 2-21-1933; Tryon, NC
d. 4-21-2003; Mississippi

Singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist Nina Simone is most often associated with Jazz.

Bessie Smith
b. 4-15-1894; Chattanooga,TN
d. 9-26-1937; Mississippi

Bessie Smith is a key figure in the development of American blues and jazz. She was a protege of the great “Ma” Rainey and made her first recording, “Downhearted Blues”, in 1923, which established her as the most successful black recording artist of the day.

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Patricia Lee “Patti” Smith
b. 12-30-1946; Chicago, IL
raised in New Jersey

Patti Smith is a songwriter, singer, and artist in the punk rock genre. She has been a supporter of the Green Party, and involved with protesting the Iraq War.

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