There is a specific topic page on Songs about Women that includes links to the chapter lists for feminist songs in Rise Up Singing and Rise Again. This particular page is a collection of some of our favorite songs by and about women claiming power in their lives and work.

  • Women chapter in Rise Up Singing
  • Women chapter in Rise Again
  • Rise Up Singing also includes a Men chapter of men's antisexist songs
  • LGBTQ songs in Rise Up Singing are in the Unity chapter
  • LGBTQ+ songs in Rise Again are in the Dignity & Diversity chapter

Some older feminist classics:

  • Bella Ciao (lyrics in RUS are from feminists in 1970s)
  • Can't Kill the Spirit (Naomi Morena)
  • Ella's Song (Bernice Johnson Reagon)
  • Fight Back (Holly Near)
  • I Am Willing (Holly Near)
  • I Am a Woman (Ruth Pelham)
  • I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Nina Simone)
  • Mountain Song (Holly Near)
  • No Hole in My Head (Malvina Reynolds)
  • Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves (Annie Lennox)
  • Still Ain't Satisfied (Bonnie Lockhart)
  • These Boots Are Made for Walkin' (Nancy Sinatra)
  • We Don't Need the Men (Malvina Reynolds)
  • We Were There (Bev Grant)

Some newer ones:

  • Fight Like a Girl (Raye Zaragoza) - Note: This is the video at the top
  • Never One Thing (May Erlewine)
  • Put a Woman in Charge (Keb' Mo' & Rosanne Cash)
  • Resilient (Rising Appalachia)
  • Rosa's Lovely Daughters (Robb Johnson)
  • These Hands (Linda Hirschhorn)
  • A Woman's Place (Sara Thomsen)
  • Working Class Woman (Barbara Dane)