loretta lynn death, angela lansbury, louise fletcher

October 12, 2022 by NextTribe Editors · Arts & Culture

RIP to These Great Women, Who Added So Much to Our Culture

In the past few weeks, we've lost three icons: Loretta Lynn, Angela Lansbury, and Louise Fletcher. They will be sorely missed.

The news just kept coming over the past weeks—the sad news about iconic women who have passed. It's astonishing to think that these women who were fixtures in our minds and our culture are now gone. We want to pay tribute to each one here.

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn never described herself as a feminist. As we know, she humbly referred to herself as a coal miner's daughter and once said she didn't think much of "Women's Lib." Still, her steadfast pursuit of her passion for singing and her songs about enduring through hardship (not to mention her song, "The Pill," which was about the freedom birth control provides) set an example of strength that was inspiring, surely even to women who didn't embrace a political label like feminism.

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