That girl was Loretta Lynn.

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Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, in 1932, she grew up among eight children.

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Teenage marriage brought motherhood,

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but also infidelity, drinking, and violence.

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A $17 guitar helped her begin writing and performing.

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Her first single arrived in 1960;

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Nashville success followed.

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“Coal Miner’s Daughter” celebrated her roots,

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while “The Pill” challenged expectations.

In 1972, she became the CMA’s first female Entertainer of the Year.

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Duets with Conway Twitty

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and a celebrated film expanded her audience.

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Success never insulated Lynn from grief: she lost two children

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and her husband, Doolittle.

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Yet creativity endured. Her 2004 album, Van Lear Rose, introduced her to another generation.

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Despite later health setbacks, she continued releasing music.

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She died in 2022, aged ninety.

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Her lasting achievement reached beyond awards: she made working women’s experiences impossible to dismiss,

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without ever disguising where she came from.