Chicago singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins, known as the "First Lady of Children's Music," has died at the age of 100. Jenkins, a children's folk singer whose career spanned more than 60 years, died peacefully on Saturday at the senior facility where she lived in Uptown.

The African American folk singer and songwriter had decades-long career as a children's entertainer, and made a global impact through her interactive performances.

Ella Jenkins, the prolific, multigenerational musical pioneer who became known as the 'First Lady of Children's Music,' died Saturday.

Ella Jenkins, whose revolutionary approach to children's music transformed how generations learned through song, has died on Nov. 9 at 100.