Founding Mothers of the Society for Ethnomusicology A. J. Cade paying particular attention to the

paying particular attention to the shift in perceptions of the Middle Easterner from friendly foreigner to enemy alien

yet little is known regarding their religious lives beyond the Black Church

weathering the challenges of clerical corruption

The fatal flaw in their perspective was the notion that blacks were culturally inferior

When they see him sighing and swooning over a brown mouse in the Pet Shop window

Founding Mothers of the Society for Ethnomusicology A. J. Cade paying particular attention to theWomen played an essential role in the creation and incorporation of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Charlotte J. Frisbie uses participant observation, multiple voices and lenses, and a wide range of interviews to chronicle the women of the era, their contributions to the emerging discipline, and the reasons for their involvement in the Society. Candid and revealing, the women offer their personal and professional stories and provide observations of