Joan Baez

Baez (b. 1941) is a US folk singer, songwriter, musician & activist. She began singing traditional folksongs but quickly branched out to cover many contemporary composed songs.

She was raised as a Quaker. She became deeply involved in the US Civil Rights Movement and the peace movement against the Vietnam War. She was married to & had a child with the draft resistance leader David Harris. Her late sister Mimi was also a singer and was married to the late singer songwriter Richard Fariña. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/arts/music/joan-baez-whistle-down-the-wind-retire.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/joan-baezs-fighting-side-the-life-and-times-of-a-secret-badass-129051/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joan-Baez

https://www.biography.com/musician/joan-baez

https://www.npr.org/artists/15199189/joan-baez