Two Singers from Women's History Inform a Fictional Character

This morning, as I was musing over the fact that March is Women's History Month,  some of my favorite singers came to mind.  Among them were Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, whose vocal styles and careers informed the central  character in my novel The Jazz Flower. 

The Jazz Flower is about Rosa Johnson Stills, whose life and jazz singing career evolve in DC, New York City, and Paris, France, from the 1930s to early 1950s (the swing and bebop eras of jazz music).  Rosa  pushes on with her career in spite of family, personal, and professional obstacles.   The book is available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com, and other favorite online bookseller sites.