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LADY, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY? PEGGY SEEGER'S ANTHEMS OF ANGLO-AMERICAN FEMINISM

GOOD, AMBER DIANA
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1021638964

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2002, M.M., University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Composition.
Peggy Seeger's family lineage is indeed impressive: daughter of composers and scholars Charles and Ruth Crawford Seeger, sister of folk icons Mike and Pete Seeger, and widow of British folksinger and playwright Ewan MacColl. Although this intensely musical genealogy inspired and affirmed Seeger's professional life, it has also tended to obscure her own remarkable achievements. The goal of the first part of this study is to explore Peggy Seeger's own history, including but not limited to her life within America's first family of folk music. Seeger's story is distinct from that of her family and even from that of most folksingers in her generation. The second part of the thesis concerns Seeger's contributions to feminism through her songwriting, studies, and activism. Chapter Two recounts the story of "I'm Gonna be an Engineer," her first and most famous women's song. Her personal involvement with the women's movement begins with the composition of this hallmark feminist anthem. The following chapter outlines trends within her songwriting, which alternately engage with and depart from women's issues. Her recording and publishing output give credence to these patterns. The final chapter is an examination of Peggy Seeger's women's songs as they pertain to the larger fields of women's history and feminist theory. One of her major contributions to folk music is the development of this comprehensive body of women's songs. Her songs tell previously untold stories about the experiences of women and demonstrate that Seeger, although rarely active in the women's movement, absorbed and documented the dialectical trends of late twentieth-century feminism.
Dr. bruce d. mcclung (Advisor)
144 p.
women in music; folk music; Seeger; feminism in music; American Music

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  • GOOD, A. D. (2002). LADY, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY? PEGGY SEEGER'S ANTHEMS OF ANGLO-AMERICAN FEMINISM [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1021638964

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • GOOD, AMBER. LADY, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY? PEGGY SEEGER'S ANTHEMS OF ANGLO-AMERICAN FEMINISM. 2002. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1021638964.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • GOOD, AMBER. "LADY, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY? PEGGY SEEGER'S ANTHEMS OF ANGLO-AMERICAN FEMINISM." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1021638964

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