Female Drummers, Bassists and Electric Guitarists
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All of the other instruments are usually anyone's game to most people. However, many see the drums, bass and the electric guitar (not the acoustic as much) to be a man's game generally. That said, there are women that hold their own in these departments 
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Tal Winkenfeld
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Nancy Wilson
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Lita Ford
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Esperanza Spalding
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Anna Calvi please 
Abbe May 
Warpaint
Dummers
Meg White
Scarlett from San Cisco
Torry (formerly) from The Donnas
Alana (formerly) from The Grates
And of course the sweet Karen Carpenter.. oh that voice 
Isolde Lasoen of 15 million different bands in Belgium. 
Another vote for Anna Calvi here. My favourite guitarist since Jack White... 
...with Annie Clark/St Vincent a close second.
And for drummers, must mention Maria 'Poni' Silver from Nashville garage rock band The Ettes. Look at her go!
Also really like Janet Weiss, formerly of Sleater-Kinney 'fame'. She's currently a member of Quasi and Wild Flag.
^Whoa, Sleater-Kinney.. there's a name I haven't heard for a long time. Totally forgot about them.
There seemed to be a spate of all-girl rock bands that emerged around that time, like The Donnas I posted up there, and a bunch of Australian ones I remember Nitocris, The Spazzys, Skulker and Lash 
More guitar
Feist
Ladyhawke
Savages 
Girls got the cooties, but they can play .
More St Vincent. 
A few years ago I took my dad to see Cindy Blackman, probably most famous for performing with Lenny Kravitz. She's amazing live.
Emma Anzai is a pretty dope bassist, from Sick Puppies. Huge crush on her, another one amazing live.