The story of women in country music begins in the early century with The Carters and the lesser known names of Roba Stanley, Louisiana Lou, and Patsy Montana. If the music was not about heaven and sinners, then it was about being a single girl or a cowboy’s sweetheart. But there was a sea change in post-war country music with the strength of Kitty Wells’ and the assertive independent sounds of Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton. To quote an online source, “the story of gender in post-war country music is largely the story of how women, in song and on stage, came to represent themselves in full.”
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patsy Montana And The Prairie Ramblers | I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart | 26 All-Time Country Classics |  |
| 2 | Lulu Belle & Scotty | Wish I Was A Single Girl Again | Flowers In The Wildwood | |
| 3 | Patsy Montana | My Poncho Pony | Flowers In The Wildwood | |
| 4 | Maddox Brothers and Rose | Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down | 1948 (Warped 4872) | |
| 5 | Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter | He's Solid Gone | Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 | |
| 6 | Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter Bayes | I'm Leaving You | Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967 | |
| 7 | Kitty Wells | My Cold, Cold Heart Is Melted Now | Country Music Hall Of Fame | |
| 8 | Kitty Wells | Password | Greatest Songs | |
| 9 | Kitty Wells | Makin' Believe | Greatest Songs | |
| 10 | The Davis Sisters | I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know | The Essential Skeeter Davis | |
| 11 | Skeeter Davis | (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too | The Essential Skeeter Davis | |
| 12 | Charline Arthur | Welcome To The Club | Welcome To The Club | |
| 13 | Wanda Jackson | Makin' Believe | Daydreamin' | |
| 14 | Wanda Jackson | Don't Ask Me Why | Before The Music Died – Wanda Jackson: The Complete Recordings 1954-1962 [Disc 3] | |
| 15 | Patsy Cline | Leavin' on Your Mind | 12 Greatest Hits | |
| 16 | Patsy Cline | How Can I Face Tomorrow | The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2] | |
| 17 | Ferlin Husky & Jean Shephard | A Dear John Letter | Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 | |
| 18 | Loretta Lynn | Dont Come Home A-Drinkin (With Lovin on Your Mind) | Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 2] | |
| 19 | Goldie Hill | It's A Lovely Lovely World | I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 2] | |
| 20 | Connie Smith | Once A Day | The Essential Connie Smith | |
| 21 | June Carter Cash | Strange Woman | Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 | |
| 22 | June Carter Cash | How Did You Get Away from Me | Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 | |
| 23 | Tammy Wynette | Stand By Your Man | Super Hits | |
| 24 | Tammy Wynette | D-I-V-O-R-C-E | Country Legends | |
| 25 | Brenda Lee | Johnny One Time | The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits | |
| 26 | Norma Jean | The Gambler And The Lady | The Best of Country | |
| 27 | Margie Singleton | Old Records | One More Record Please | |
| 28 | Dottie West | Paper Mansions | The Essential Dottie West | |
| 29 | Jessi Colter | I'm Looking for Blue Eyes | Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks] | |
| 30 | Sammi Smith | Help Me Make It Through The Night | Sammi Smith early 60's the Best Of (varese sarabande 96) | |
| 31 | Dolly Parton | Coat of Many Colors | Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris | |
| 32 | Emmylou Harris | If I Could Only Win Your Love | Portraits (1 of 3) | |
| 33 | Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette & Kitty Wells | It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | Honky Tonk Angels | |
| 34 | Rosanne Cash | She's Got You | The List | |
| 35 | Alison Krauss | Baby, Now That I've Found You | Now That I've Found You | |
| 36 | k.d. lang | Sugar Moon | Shadowland | |
| 37 | k.d. lang & the Reclines | Big Big Love | Absolute Torch and Twang | |