![Donna Godchaux with the Grateful Dead Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974 | James R Anderson Photography Donna Godchaux with the Grateful Dead Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974 | James R Anderson Photography](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000PrIbvxh8YhU/fit=1000x750/1974-07-31-C17-15-Donna-Godchaux-Grateful-Dead-Dillon-Stadium-Crop.jpg)
Donna Godchaux with the Grateful Dead Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974 | James R Anderson Photography
![Grateful Dead on Twitter: "Kicking off #WomensHistoryMonth with the woman herself, Donna Jean Godchaux. Donna was the only female member of the Dead, sang with the band 1972-1979 and is a @RockHall Grateful Dead on Twitter: "Kicking off #WomensHistoryMonth with the woman herself, Donna Jean Godchaux. Donna was the only female member of the Dead, sang with the band 1972-1979 and is a @RockHall](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvhRcfxVIAEeyjR.jpg)
Grateful Dead on Twitter: "Kicking off #WomensHistoryMonth with the woman herself, Donna Jean Godchaux. Donna was the only female member of the Dead, sang with the band 1972-1979 and is a @RockHall
![Before joining the Grateful Dead, Donna Jean Godchaux was a backup singer for multiple artists, including Elvis Presley. : r/gratefuldead Before joining the Grateful Dead, Donna Jean Godchaux was a backup singer for multiple artists, including Elvis Presley. : r/gratefuldead](https://preview.redd.it/aecdoyt34bv61.jpg?auto=webp&s=11b16637c3385351b6a6d8dc9e27fa4dbdf9eae7)
Before joining the Grateful Dead, Donna Jean Godchaux was a backup singer for multiple artists, including Elvis Presley. : r/gratefuldead
![Grateful Dead on Twitter: "Hear Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay talk about becoming an early Dead Head in 1970 just as American Beauty was coming out, on the new Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast Grateful Dead on Twitter: "Hear Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay talk about becoming an early Dead Head in 1970 just as American Beauty was coming out, on the new Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En2TqeKUwAAas3H.jpg)