WE'LL MEET THE WOMEN rockabilly artists who rebelled against the traditional female roles of housewives and mothers during the Fifties. World War II brought great changes to American society; women emerged emboldened by their experiences during the war working in defense plants. We’ll profile Cordell Jackson, who toiled as a “Rosie the Riveter” during the war in an aircraft factory before launching her own record label in 1956. We’ll also meet “Little Miss Dynamite,” Brenda Lee; Janis Martin, “The Female Elvis”; and rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson.

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