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8/3/1941 — b. Beverly Lee, American singer. A member of the all female vocal group, The Shirelles (1957-); hit songs include “Baby It’s You,” “Solider Boy,” and “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.” Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1996) #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge

7/31/1860 — b. Mary Vaux Walcott, American artist, naturalist. A wildflower watercolorist with precision accuracy; the five volume, “North American Wild Flowers”, published by the Smithsonian Inst features 400 of her wildflower paintings #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #painters #WomenInSTEM

7/29/1851 — b. Karin Arosenius, Swedish artist. Sculptor; created sculpted busts and figurines. Member of the Paris artists’ colony, Grez-sur-Loing (early 1890s); exhibited in the salons of 1885, 1886 + 1888, and the World Exhibition, Paris (1889) #womenshistory #womensartists #womensart #sculptors

7/28/1609 — b. Judith Leyster, Dutch artist. A Golden Age painter and Baroque master; she produced still-lifes, portraits, and genre scenes. She is one of three significant female painters of the Golden Age era #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #Baroque #painters

Massie to sponsor anti-Flock bill: 'You can't just spy on everybody' www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p... #FlockOff #MassSurveillance #gov #law #PolSky

Massie to sponsor anti-Flock bill: 'You can't just spy on everybody'U.S. Rep Thomas Massie said in an X post he will sponsor a bill to withhold federal funding to cities that use Flock cameras.www.cincinnati.com

7/27/1944 — b. Bobbie Gentry, American singer, songwriter, musician, producer. Guitarist; an early female composer and producer in the country music genre. Her number one single, “Ode To Billie Joe” (1967), won her three Grammy awards #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #grammys

#womenshistory #WomenInMusic #jazz

7/24/1900 — b. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, American author, artist, ballerina. A 1920’s icon; wrote novels, short stories + poetry, studied ballet + painted extensively. Semi-autobio, “Save Me the Waltz”(1932). The wife of author, F. Scott Fitzgerald #womenshistory #womenwriters #womenartists #womensart

7/23/1721 — b. Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Prussian artist. Prominent #Rococo painter, court painter; one of the few #womenartists admitted to the Académie Royale in Paris, the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, the Bologna Academy, and the Stuttgart Academy of the Arts #womenshistory #womensart #painters

7/22/1924 — b. Margaret Whiting, American singer. Popular vocalist, big band singer; the voice of many standards (1940s-50s). She recorded dozens of popular and country music hits for Capitol Records #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #BigBand #country

7/21/1898 — b. Sara Carter, American singer, songwriter, musician. Music legend; known for slide picking, popularized Appalachian + #folk music. Co-founder #CarterFamily singing group; lead singer, most of their recordings (20s-30s) #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #SlideGuitar #MusicChallenge