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