They are iconic and know how to put on a show. The women of rock are more than Hall of Famers. Anyone can be one of those, right? These rockers light up the stage and thrill audiences.
Stevie Nicks
(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images For The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Christine McVie
(Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
Tina Turner
Peter Karas/NorthJersey.com via USA TODAY NETWORK
Joan Jett
USAT
Lita Ford
USAT
Lucinda Williams
USAT
Wanda Jackson
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach)
Patti Smith
(Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images)
Debby Harry
Ron Elkman/USA TODAY NETWORK
Linda Ronstadt
(Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
Ann Wilson
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Nancy Wilson
Ron Elkman/USA TODAY NETWORK
Pink
(Photo by LISA O’CONNOR/AFP via Getty Images)
Hayley Williams
(Courtesy of MTV via Getty Images)
Kate Pierson
Ron Elkman/USA TODAY NETWORK
Melissa Etheridge
FSadou/AdMedia/Sipa USA via USA TODAY NETWORK
Sheryl Crow
USAT
Siouxsie Sioux
(Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)
Karen O
(Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images)
Bonnie Raitt
(Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
Courtney Love
Grace Slick
(LUCY NICHOLSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Etta James
H. Darr Beiser-USA TODAY NETWORK
Aretha Franklin
(USA TODAY)
Brenda Lee
(Dipti Vaidya-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Beyonce
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
The Shirelles
(Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Pat Benatar
Ron Elkman/USA TODAY NETWORK
Madonna
(BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
Whitney Houston
(Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
Alicia Keys
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Joni Mitchell
(Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY)
Ronnie Spector
Ron Elkman/USA TODAY NETWORK
Martha Reeves
USAT
Darlene Love
(Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
Diana Ross
(Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
Carly Simon
(ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Donna Summer
: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY NETWORK
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
(Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images For The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing a series of interviews focused on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. Miriam Vogel is the CEO of EqualAI, a nonprofit created to reduce unconscious bias in AI and promote responsible AI governance. As a board member at the Responsible AI Institute and senior advisor to the Center for Democracy and Technology, Vogel's advised White House leadership on initiatives ranging from women, economic, regulatory and food safety policy to matters of criminal justice.
