Patsy Cline
Reba
The Judds
Dolly
FIFY
FIFY
Maybelle Carter over Patsy. Maybelle and her family's influence over early country can't be credited enough. She deserves a spot.
Reba, Dolly, and Loretta Lynn are also worthy. Patsy is certainly noteworthy, but I have to put these other ladies ahead of her in a four spot monument.
Taylor Swift
I'm still taking Patsy
Yep. Patsy was Loretta's inspiration so that gives her the edge for me. Maybelle deserves consideration but I'm more inclined to reconsider my picks for the group Mount Rushmore and add the Carter Family there. I still have the Ken Burns series on my DVR and reserve the right to revise and extend my comments after I re-watch it.
Alison Krauss.