Pauline Braddy Williams (February 14, 1922 – January 28, 1996)[1] was an American jazz drummer.
The Mendenhall, Mississippi-born Braddy attended Piney Woods Country Life School.
"[4] When the school band went to Memphis to play, the drummer dropped out and Braddy was chosen to take up the drums because of her good sense of rhythm.
"[10] Francis Davis in The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that the band was "powered by Pauline Braddy's drumming.
"[4] After the Sweethearts disbanded, she moved to New York and became a drummer for the Vi Burnside All-Stars, the Edna Smith Trio and Two Plus One.