Matriarchy

Matriarchy is a social organization where the mother or oldest female heads a family or social group.^[1] Descent and relationships are decided through the female line.^[1]

Matriarchy Media

Nampeyo, of the Hopi-Tewa People, in 1901; with her mother, White Corn; her eldest daughter, Annie Healing; and holding her granddaughter, Rachel
Margot Adler
Venus von Willendorf, a Venus figurine
Girl in the Hopi Reservation
Large stone disk depicting the vanquished Aztec goddess Coyolxāuhqui. The myth surrounding Coyolxāuhqui and her brother Huitzilopochtli has been interpreted by some feminist scholars, such as Cherríe Moraga, as an allegory for a possible real life shift from matriarchy to patriarchy in early Mexica society.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
Photo of feminist and former child actress Robin Morgan.
John Knox statue on the former John Knox Memorial Institute, Haddington. The religious reformer is believed to have been born in the town's Giffordgate.
European bison social structure has been described as a matriarchy.^{[by whom?]}

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion: L-Z, ed. David A. Leeming; Kathryn Madden; Stanton Marlan (Berlin: Springer VS, 2008), p. 552

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[Leeming552-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion: L-Z, ed. David A. Leeming; Kathryn Madden; Stanton Marlan (Berlin: Springer VS, 2008), p. 552

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