[Dixielandjazz] OT: Women in Music was Electronic Enhancment

[Stan Brager]

Bob;

While the situation for women in Dixieland and related styles is improving,
there is still much to do before musicians who are women can be viewed the
same as a man. Before you jump to conclusions, we're considering only the
musical aspect.

It's true that many women musicians have made names for themselves - Mary
Lou Williams, Norma Teagarden, Melba Liston, Margie Hyams, Betty O'Hara and
others - it has only been through tremendous efforts on their part. Yet,
discrimination still exists. See the following article:

Be sure to read the section: "Sixteen is a Woman"

http://www.osborne-conant.org/ladies.htm

While this speaks about women in symphonic orchestras, it demonstrates that
there is still a problem for many men to accept women musicians as equals.
There is also racial biases in some symphonic orchestras.

My point is, Bob, that while many musical organizations have made great
strides, there is still much to do.

Stan
Stan Brager
Trombonist-in-Training


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <ringwald at calweb.com>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Electronic Enhancment


> Stan Brager said:
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> > Bear in mind that all the above and often more is the case for women
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> Huh?  Did I miss something there?  What do you mean by "more is the case
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> Bob
> mr.wonderful at ringwald.com
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