Artist	Song
Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over
from Lungs (2009)
Jill Scott	Golden
from Beautifully Human - Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004)
Lauryn Hill	Doo Wop (That Thing)
from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Sister Sledge	We Are Family
from Rhino Hi-Five: Sister Sledge - EP (2005)
Reba McEntire	I'm a Survivor
from Reba McEntire: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 - I'm a Survivor (2001)
Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff
from Mr. Big Stuff (2006)
Meredith Brooks	Bitch
from Blurring The Edges (1997)
Tracy Chapman	Give Me One Reason
from New Beginning (2008)
Peggy Lee	I'm a Woman
from The Best of Peggy Lee (1997)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	100 Days, 100 Nights
from 100 Days, 100 Nights (2007)
Loretta Lynn	Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
from The Definitive Collection: Loretta Lynn (2005)
Jazmine Sullivan	Bust Your Windows
from Fearless (2008)
Natasha Bedingfield	Unwritten
from Unwritten (Bonus Track Version) (2005)
Lauryn Hill	Ex-Factor
from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Gretchen Wilson	Redneck Woman
from Gretchen Wilson: Greatest Hits (2010)
Patsy Cline	When I Get Through With You (You'll Love Me Too)
from Patsy Cline: The Definitive Collection (2004)
Sara Evans	A Little Bit Stronger
from Stronger (2011)
Laura Lee	Women's Love Rights
from Laura Lee: Greatest Hits (1996)
Lyn Collins	Think (About It)
from James Brown's Original Funky Divas (1998)
Gwen Guthrie	Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent
from Gold - '80s Soul (2006)
Kate Bush	This Woman's Work
from The Sensual World (1989)
Miley Cyrus	The Climb
from Hannah Montana: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2009)

Comment:

We couldn’t possibly close out our Strong Sisters set without turning back the clock more than four decades to give some much-deserved props to the woman who gave a generation of women a rallying cry, Helen Reddy, and her all-time anthem of empowerment, “I Am Woman.” But women live in a world nearly half-filled with men, and soul singer Jean Knight makes it plain that she’s not gonna take any guff from a guy, in the razor-sharp taunt of “Mr. Big Stuff.” Kate Bush proves that strength isn’t all about flexing one’s muscle in the reflective delicateness of “This Woman’s Work,” originally featured in the soundtrack to the John Hughes film She’s Having a Baby. And Meredith Brooks drops the façade to let the chips fall where they may in her take-me-as-I-am tell-all, “Bitch.”

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