She grew up in poverty in a small Kentucky mining town, marrying and starting a family as a teenager before reaching unprecedented heights of commercial success as a recording artist of modern country music.īut as a scholar of gender and country music and author of “ Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls: Women’s Country Music, 1930-1960,” I know that Lynn represented more than just star power and fame in country music – she spoke to the concerns of women, especially white working-class women in rural and suburban America. Her dramatic life story – retold in the 1980 award-winning film “ Coal Miner’s Daughter,” based on Lynn’s 1976 biography – made Lynn a household name. Loretta Lynn’s death at the age of 90 marks the end of a remarkable life of achievement in country music.
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