Encyclopedia > Matriarch

Article Content

Matriarch

A matriarch is a mother or another head of the family who happens to be a female. The term is usually applied to the oldest female in an extended family, who by virtue of her position as such has a degree of authority over family affairs.

Featured Article

Bullying

... with absolute governmental power, from the Greek language turannos. In Classical Antiquity[?] it did not always have inherently negative implications, it merely ...