Helen Reddy

Known in the ‘70s for: Performing the feminist song “I Am Woman.”
Helen Reddy is an Australian singer who soared into the pop song charts in 1971 with her hit single I Am Woman. The feminist movement was on such a roll then that it even started its own magazine entitled Ms., edited by Gloria Steinem, and printed out its first publication in December 1971. In a year, Reddy would put out the feminist anthem I Am Woman, which bested the U.S. and Canada pop song charts and won second at the U.S. Adult Contemporary and Australian charts.

She wreaked havoc in the adult contemporary genre worse than on a hurricane-stricken house that would need serious roof repair with six successive #1’s, from Delta Dawn to Emotion. In the 1980s and 1990s, Reddy had her single I Can’t Say Goodbye to You to hit the US charts for the last time. She then acted in musicals and recorded her albums, such as the Center Stage, before eventually retiring from live performance in 2002.