Music Row was built, in significant part, on a legacy of women artists extending almost a century — a line that can be traced from Mother Maybelle Carter through Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton to the Dixie Chicks, the Pistol Annies and beyond.
But for an ambitious woman seeking a career in the country music industry 50 years ago, those opportunities largely began and ended at a microphone.
