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Baez (b. 1941) is a US folk singer, songwriter, musician & activist. She began singing traditional folksongs but quickly branched out to cover many contemporary composed songs.
She was raised as a Quaker. She became deeply involved in the US Civil Rights Movement and the peace movement against the Vietnam War. She was married to & had a child with the draft resistance leader David Harris. Her late sister Mimi was also a singer and was married to the late singer songwriter Richard Fariña.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/arts/music/joan-baez-whistle-down-the-wind-retire.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joan-Baez
https://www.biography.com/musician/joan-baez
https://www.npr.org/artists/15199189/joan-baez