Women rule the night at the CMA Awards

Women ruled the night Wednesday at the 53rd Country Music Association Awards, starting with Jennifer Nettles’s feminist fashion statement on the red carpet; co-hosts Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, and Dolly Parton’s sassy monologue; and, most thrillingly, an opening number starring a dozen fierce, fiery female country icons representing different generations, ranging from elder stateswoman Tanya Tucker and Crystal Gayle to Gretchen Wilson and Maren Morris.