"…An exhaustively researched history of the involvement of these women in an overwhelmingly male-dominated profession. Meticulously documented, it presents a general survey of female participation in the music along with in-depth interview-profiles of some representative individuals. The author's narrative style is highly readable, with the profiles being particularly engrossing. The discography is invaluable also… a welcome addition to the literature about jazz as it covers an essentially neglected aspect of its history in the most definitive manner to date." - CHOICE

"…Dispels the mists that have long obscured the role of women in jazz. To read it is to discover the sources of some major talents and trends today." - S. Frederick Starr

"What Linda Dahl promises, and delivers, is a bookish Star Trek; she boldly goes where no man (or woman) has gone before… for people who love jazz… who get bleak when they think of what happened to Billie Holiday, this is their book…" - CAROLYN SEE, Los Angeles Times Book Review

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