People make a big deal out of women being drummers, but more and more I find that they exist, but just aren't very well known. Other than singers or the occasional guitar player or pianist...you don't see women promenently in rock and roll in the "early" days...or even today. It's not just drums. But they are there if you look.
It's worth stating that she seems to have some kind of non-binary gender presentation.
From Wiki:
Tucker's style of playing was unconventional. She played standing up rather than seated (for easier access to the bass drum[1]), using a simplified drum kit of tom toms, a snare drum and an upturned bass drum, playing with mallets rather than drumsticks. She rarely used cymbals; she claimed that since she felt the purpose of a drummer was simply to "keep time," cymbals were unnecessary for this purpose and drowned out the other instruments
Andy Warhol filmed rehearsal of Waiting for My Man:
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