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This is a list of 20th-century American women composers ordered alphabetically by surname.

A

Mildred Adair (1895–1943)^[1]
Esther Allan (1914–1985)^[2]
Beth Anderson (born 1950)^[3]
Elinor Armer (born 1939)^[4]
Clarice Assad (born 1978)^[5]
Lera Auerbach (born 1973)^[6]
May Aufderheide (1888–1972)^[7]

B

Elaine Barkin (born 1932)^[8]
Floy Little Bartlett (1883–1955)^[9]
Amy Beach (1867–1944)^[10]
Eve Beglarian (born 1958)^[11]
Carla Bley (born 1938)^[12]
Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)^[13]
Radie Britain (1899–1994)^[14]
Rosemary Brown (1916–2001)^[15]
Canary Lee Burton (born 1942)^[16]

C

Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
Gloria Coates (1938–2023)^[17]
Nellie Weldon Cocroft (1885–1986)^[18]
Valerie Coleman
Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962)^[19]

D

Katherine Kennicott Davis (1892–1980)^[20]
Emma Lou Diemer (1927–2024)^[21]

E

Marti Epstein (born 1959)^[22]
Reena Esmail (born 1983)^[23]

F

Sylvia Fine (1913–1991)^[24]
Vivian Fine (1913–2000)^[25]

G

Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)^[26]
Annie Gosfield (born 1960)^[27]

H

Juliana Hall (born 1958)^[28]
Barbara Harbach (born 1946)^[29]
Melissa Hui (born 1966)^[30]
Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)^[31]

K

Laura Karpman (born 1959)^[32]
Barbara Kolb (born 1939)

L

Joan La Barbara (born 1947)^[33]
Anne La Berge (born 1955)^[34]
Vanessa Lann (born 1968)^[35]
Libby Larsen (born 1950)^[36]
Tania León (born 1943)^[37]

M

Linda Martinez (1975–2005)^[38]
Josephine McGill (1877–1919)^[39]
Cindy McTee (born 1953)^[40]
Missy Mazzoli (born 1980)^[41]
Meredith Monk (born 1942)^[42]

O

Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)^[43]^[44]

P

Judith Palmer
Florence Price (1887–1953)^[45]

R

Nancy Raabe (born 1954)^[46]
Shulamit Ran (born 1947)^[47]

S

Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)^[48]
Amy Scurria (born 1973)^[49]
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)^[50]
Alex Shapiro (born 1962)^[51]
Judith Shatin (born 1949)^[52]
Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947)^[53]
Netty Simons (1913–1994)^[54]
Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)^[55]
Cristina Spinei (born 1984)^[56]
Pauline Anna Strom (1946–2020)^[57]

T

Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)^[58]
Karen P. Thomas (born 1957)^[59]
Joan Tower (born 1938)^[60]

V

Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)^[61]

W

Melinda Wagner (born 1957)^[62]
Shirley Walker (1945-2006)
Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)^[63]
Wang Jie (born 1980)
Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002)
Diane Wittry
Julia Wolfe (born 1958)^[64]

Z

Pamela Z (born 1956)^[65]
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)^[66]

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