Yeah, including probably the original list in the article that started this whole debate... ;-)

Let's face it, Bill, people are most likely to mention names they already know quite a bit about, aren't they? And why not? They don't know enough about the others to be in any position to have an opinion.

But Odetta, Maybelle Carter, Joni Mitchell, and Billie Holiday are not among my personal favorites. I am simply aware that they each made a very big contribution to music.

If I were to make a list of personal favorites (among female singers) it would be: Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joan Baez, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Tish Hinojosa, Loreena McKennit, Enya, and Lynn Miles. If I were to name the single finest female songwriter IMO it would be Mary-Chapin Carpenter. I do not necessarily put all the same names on a list of the 10 greatest female trailblazers in music. Trailblazing is a different matter.