Lucha Reyes, who began her recording career in the mid-1930's, was the first female super-star in the ranchera genre.  She was very popular internationally and was the first Mexican woman to perform outside of Mexico. She toured Europe and the United States.

Formed in the mid-1940's, Mariachi Las Coronelas was Mexico's pioneer all-female grop.

(back, L to R: Juanita Torres Custodio, guitar; Maria Juarez Clemente, violin; Cecilia Moya Jaimes, trumpet; Yolanda Villareal Espinoza, violin; Hilda Lopez Soto, violin; Maria de los Angeles, violin. front: Guadalupe Hernandez, guitar; and Maria Carlota Noriega Marquez, guitarron.)

In Los Angeles, Mariachi Las Generalas formed around 1976, was recently discovered to be the first all-female group in the United States.

Mariachi Estrella from Topeka, KS, the second pioneer all-female mariachi in the U.S., was formed in 1977 by Teresa Cuevas and Consuelo Alcala.

(L to R) Rachel Galvan, Dolores Galvan, Consuelo Alcala, Teresa Cuevas (director), Linda Scurlock, Lola Carmona. Not pictured: Isabel Gonzalez. (1977-1981).

The newest all-female mariachi show group, Mariachi Mujer 2000, directed by Marisa Orduño, with Laura Sobrino as musical director.

Top row (L to R): Mayra Martinez, Lubella Gauna, Beatriz Herrera, Amelia Garcia, Maria Elena Perez, Megan Starks, Suemy Gonzalez, Mirna Orozco.

Bottom row (L to R): Laura Sobrino, Nydia Rojas Bocanegra, Marisa Orduño.