Early 1960’s
Typically all women music groups were a trio or quartet
The name of the groups were essential, they were “clues to the type of music performed.”
The names of the groups usually ended in
-elle or –ette (Steward 17, 19)
The definition of these suffixes, according to Webster dictionary, is “imitation, substitute or smallness.”
In my opinion women music groups were based around the image that the general public set for them. They were also regarded as substitutes or imitations of male groups. The other description still has not changed too much today, female musicians that are pretty and successful are usually smaller then most men.