{"id":35,"date":"1977-04-07T15:26:41","date_gmt":"1977-04-07T20:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/?p=35"},"modified":"2022-04-28T11:40:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:40:49","slug":"the-ways-a-woman-can-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/1977\/04\/07\/the-ways-a-woman-can-be\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ways a Woman Can Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-4\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"4\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"The Ways a Woman Can Be liner notes\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>The Ways a Woman Can Be\u00a0<\/em>liner notes, 1977, Olivia Records. Sophia Smith Collection, Women&#8217;s Music Archives records and collected music.<\/p>\n<p>Raised working-class in North Carolina, Teresa Trull&#8217;s music was a reflection of the pop, blues, and country influences of her Southern roots. After some of Trull&#8217;s friends sent in a tape of her music to Olivia, Olivia responded and invited her to record an album. Trull ultimately moved to L.A. and not only created an album with Olivia, but joined the collective of Olivia women who lived together.<\/p>\n<p>The material of her songs grew from her own experiences as a woman and a lesbian. Her music reflected &#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the strength of women\u2019s love and support for each other while working together to effect change.\u201d <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-35-1' id='fnref-35-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(35)'>1<\/a><\/sup> Trull understood lesbianism as more than a sexual preference; it also incorporated \u201cpolitical and emotional support for all women in their struggle for liberation.\u201d <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-35-2' id='fnref-35-2' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(35)'>2<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_147\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-and-meg-photo-jeb-papers.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\"wp-image-147 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-and-meg-photo-jeb-papers-1024x628.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-and-meg-photo-jeb-papers-1024x628.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-and-meg-photo-jeb-papers-300x184.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-and-meg-photo-jeb-papers-768x471.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-and-meg-photo-jeb-papers-1240x760.jpeg 1240w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-and-meg-photo-jeb-papers-508x311.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Trull and Meg Christian, c. 1977. Sophia Smith Collection, Joan E. Biren papers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There was a diverse group of musicians involved with this album, including Black Bay Area singer Linda Tillery again as producer and Black keyboardist Mary Watkins on piano. Sandy Stone returned to work on this album as engineer.<\/p>\n<p>In their records catalogue, the Olivia team wrote of <em>The Ways a Woman Can Be<\/em>: &#8220;Teresa sings the music that creeps around inside of us waiting to escape&#8211;the music of love, optimism, personal fears and doubts, sensuality. Her voice gives life and breadth to the to the lyrics and to the feelings which they represent.&#8221; <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-35-3' id='fnref-35-3' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(35)'>3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_146\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-trull-and-meg-photo2-jeb-papers.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146\" class=\"size-large wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-trull-and-meg-photo2-jeb-papers-1024x714.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-trull-and-meg-photo2-jeb-papers-1024x714.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-trull-and-meg-photo2-jeb-papers-300x209.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-trull-and-meg-photo2-jeb-papers-768x536.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-trull-and-meg-photo2-jeb-papers-1240x865.jpeg 1240w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/oliviarecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/803\/1977\/04\/teresa-trull-and-meg-photo2-jeb-papers-508x354.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Trull and Meg Christian, c. 1977. Sophia Smith Collection, Joan E. Biren papers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teresa Trull - Woman-Loving Women (1977)\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yAP5T5GDMTs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-35'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-35-1'> Olivia concert poster, c. 1977, Sophia Smith Collection, Ginny Berson papers. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-35-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-35-2'> &#8220;Biography,&#8221; Olivia Records, c. 1977, Sophia Smith Collection, Ginny Berson papers. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-35-2'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-35-3'> &#8220;Olivia Records Wholesale Catalogue,&#8221; Olivia Records, c. 1980, Sophia Smith Collection, Ginny Berson papers. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-35-3'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ways a Woman Can Be\u00a0liner notes, 1977, Olivia Records. 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