Women have made significant contributions to punk rock music and its subculture since its inception in the 1970s. In … See more

Musicologist Caroline Polk O'Meara has written that female experience, feminism and taking a pro-woman stance empowered women's participation in punk rock beginning in the 1970s. In rock music, there has been … See more

Rock Against Sexism (RAS) was a political and cultural movement dedicated to promoting women in music, and challenging sexism and heterosexism in the rock music community, pop culture and in the world at lar… See more

Vivienne Westwood was a designer associated with early UK punk fashion in the 1970s who made clothes for Malcolm McLaren's boutique in the King's Road, which became famous as "SEX". Other designers i… See more

Linder Sterling, commonly known as Linder, was the former front-woman of the post-punk band, Ludus. She is primarily known for her radical feminist visual artwork, photographs, photomontages, and cover art for the ban… See more

Patti Smith (born 1946) is a New York City-based punk rock singer-songwriter, poet and artist, whose first album, Horses (1975), significantly influenced the New York City punk rock genre. Smith's work went on to receive inte… See more

• Women in the early East L. A. punk scene
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• List of all-female bands
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