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Post by Lydia Purple on Dec 9, 2013 17:26:07 GMT -8
Helen Reddy became the first Australian woman to top the US chart when "I Am Woman" went to no.1. The song, with she wrote with Ray Burton, subsequently won her a Grammy Award for Best Pop, Rock and Fold Vocal Performance by a Female. A song celebrating female empowerment, it became an enduring anthem for the women’s liberation movement.
(Source: The History of Rock Day by Day)
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