Hazel Dickens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Activist, singer
Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1935
Place of Birth: Montcalm, West Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 22-Apr-2011
Profession: singer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Hazel Dickens
- Hazel Jane Dickens (June 1, 1925 – April 22, 2011) was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist.
- Her music was characterized not only by her high, lonesome singing style, but also by her provocative pro-union, feminist songs.
- Cultural blogger John Pietaro noted that "Dickens didn’t just sing the anthems of labor, she lived them and her place on many a picket line, staring down gunfire and goon squads, embedded her into the cause." The New York Times extolled her as "a clarion-voiced advocate for coal miners and working people and a pioneer among women in bluegrass music." With Alice Gerrard, Dickens was one of the first women to record a bluegrass album.
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