Debut author-illustrator Annie Sieg takes young readers on an
inspiring trip to the music halls of the 1940s, when groups of young
female musicians broke racial and gender barriers--and forever changed
the face of jazz.
Everyone knows about Rosie the Riveter, the icon for working women
during World War II. Now prepare to meet a group of young women who did
the same for music! From saxophonists and drummers to trumpeters,
pianists, trombonists, and singers, talented young women across the
country picked up their instruments--and picked up the spirits of an
entire nation--during the dark days of World War II. Together they
formed racially integrated female bands and transformed the look and
sound of jazz, taking important strides for all women in the world of
music. Debut author-illustrator Annie Sieg shines a spotlight on the
young women who epitomized the sound and spirit of jazz of the era,
while opening young readers' eyes and ears to the role of women then and
now in music.