 The news of Loretta Lynn's death left many people heartbroken at the loss of the queen of country. Loretta Lynn paved the way for local artists and women to make their own way in life and in the music industry. We spoke to longtime mountaintop media staff member Jeff Meek about the impacts she had throughout her career. When she released her first record back in 1960, I'm a hockey tongue girl, she had to do it the hard way. She recorded the record and then she and her husband Mooney, they just jumped in the car and they went across the country visiting radio station after radio station to get the programmers to play the record. And they really didn't know what impact that it was until she circled back to Nashville. And next thing you knew her song was number 14 on the billboard chart. And that came as a big surprise. And the way she was welcomed by all of the established grand old opera members to welcome her into that fold. What she basically did for our area was put Van Leer Kentucky on the map. We are the women of the PMC Lawson Cancer Center. We are here to support your journey, deliver hope, and provide solutions that will advance your care. Our purpose is saving lives. Loretta was a champion for women's rights and had several band songs throughout her career. The pill was one of her most controversial songs due to the discussion of birth control, something that was considered a risque subject in 1975. I don't think Loretta set out to be a huge part of the women's movement. But that's exactly what happened with the songs that she wrote and performed and many of them got on radio. Some of them were banned. But when you think about you ain't woman enough to take my man and don't come home with drinking with loving on your mind and fist city, all of those songs had a message and they resonated across the country for all women who realized, hey, we don't have to sit down and take all the crap the men lay on us that we can stand up and we can be our own person and do the things that we want to do. Loretta's legacy and the impact she had on country music will continue to live on through her influence and her family. Loretta Berlin's home place and the U.S. 23 country music highway museum are open for those who would like to pay tribute to the star. For mountaintop news, I'm Brianna Robinson.