United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Freeman, Gregory A.2005-03-26Encyclopedia article about Ida Cox. Ida Cox was a vaudeville performer and a pioneering blues singer who, along with Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and Bessie Smith, founded the female blues genre. Cox was born Ida Prather on February 25, 1896, in Toccoa. She grew up in Cedartown, near Rome, and left home as a teenager to tour with a minstrel revue. Cox excelled at vaudeville singing, but when the popularity of vaudeville shows began to fade, she transformed herself into a formidable blues singer.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Singers--United StatesWomen singers--United StatesAfrican American singersAfrican American women singersBlues musicians--United StatesWomen blues musicians--United StatesComposers--United StatesWomen composers--United StatesAfrican American composersAfrican American women composersMusicians--United StatesAfrican American musiciansWomen musicians--United StatesAfrican American women musiciansCox, Ida, 1889-1967Ida Cox (1896-1967)Text