From Patsy Cline to Reba to the Dixie Chicks, these women have made country music what it is today. These women had to work hard in a man's world and rise to the top. My hat goes off to all you women of country music your hard work has paid off. Enjoy the list of female country singers.

Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline is most definitely a legend for all time as one of the first female country singers. Patsy was born September 8 1932 in Winchester Virginia. Patsy real name was Virginia Patterson Hensley. Her big break in the country music world was in 1957 with the song Walkin' After Midnight. Patsy also joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1958. Here life ended way to early at the young age of 30 in an airplane crash in 1963. Some of Patsy greatest hits where I Fall to pieces, Crazy, She's got you, Sweet dreams and many more.

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn was born April 14 1935 in Kentucky. Loretta is best know for being the Coal Miner's Daughter. Just like Patsy Cline Loretta is a female country music legend. Loretta had her first hit in 1960 with the song Honky Tonk Girl. Loretta by the 1970's was one of the riches women in country music. She is famous for many songs such as You Ain't Women Enough (To Take My Man), Before I'm Over You and Coal Miner's Daughter. She has gone on to make many more hits she really is a legend.

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton was born January 19 1946 in Tennessee as a young child she sang for a local radio station and around the age of 20 she joined the Grand Ole Opry. Dolly's first success was as a song writer in 1965. In 1966 she had her first single Dumb Blond, the same year she also sang Something Fishy and Hello I'm Dolly. Sense then she has gone on to make a wonderful for name herself in the country music industry.

Patty Loveless

Patty was born Patty Lee Ramey, she was born in Kentucky January 4 1957. Loveless first hit single in the country music world was Lonely Days and Lonely Nights on Dec 7 1985. Here second single was I Did in April 1986. Patty went on to make her first album titled Patty Loveless released Oct 1 1986. From there she has gone on to produce many more albums

Suzy Bogguss

Suzy was born Dec 30 1956 in Illinois.Bogguss started singing in her home town church. Suzy released her first singles in 1987 called I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire,Love Will Never Slip Away and Come As You Are. She has went on to make many more successful Albums. Bogguss also owns her own Record Label called Loyal Dutchess.

Reba McEntire

Reba was born March 28 1955 in Oklahoma. Reba had her first chart single in 1976 called I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand. Here first album was called Reba McEntire and her second was Out of a Dream. Reba's Country music career has been very successful.

Faith Hill

Faith was born Audrey Faith Perry on Sept 21 1967 in Mississippi. Hill was adopted as an infant. Here first Album was Take Me As I Am in 1993.Second album was It Matters To Me in 1995. From there Hill went on to make her name in country music. Faith is also known for her marriage to Tim McGraw.

Shania Twain

Twain was born Aug 28 1965 as Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor Ontario Canada. Her mother and father divorced and she was adopted by her step father Jerry Twain. Here first album was self titled and went on to make her second album called The Women In Me in 1995. In 1997 she produced Come On Over and in 2002 the album Up,and finally in 2004 her Greatest Hits album.

Hope you enjoyed some of the information on these wonderful women of country music. Below i have added more women of country music.

Trisha Yearwood

Terri Clark

Wynonna Judd

The Judds

Leanne Rimes

Carrie Underwood

Sara Evans

Dixie Chicks

Lee Ann Womack

Martina McBride

Barba Mandrell

Dottie West

Lynn Anderson

Emmylou Harris

Janie Fricke

Anne Murrary

Crystal Gayle

Kitty Wells

KD Lang

Bonnie Raitt