The Dixie Sweethearts were an all-women jazz group in the 1930s.[1] Members of the group have later played with other similar acts like the Harlem Playgirls and the Darlings of Rhythm with individual members continuing to perform through the 1940s.[2] The group was led by frontwomen Marjorie Ross and Madge Fontaine.[3] Other members included Tiny Davis, Marjorie Pettiford, Violet Burnside, Henrietta Fontaine, who joined the spin-off group Darlings of Rhythm in the 1940s.