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[quote=Anonymous]It's probably both a cultural and generational concept. Not every family would have had a matriarch, but some families clearly had a strong female figure who had a near-undisputed role in family affairs and influence and respect. There are still stories/reminiscences of my parents' grandmothers who were very much proper and correct women of a certain generation. They were "ladies" at a time when being a lady really meant something, and would have been called matrons rather than a matriarch. I remember one time having lunch with an aged great-aunt and a chirpy young assistance at her retirement community cheerfully asked her what her mother did when she was young, and my great aunt turned to her, gave her an incredulous stare, and said, "Mother was a lady. She didn't work." I'm not sure if it's quite the same thing as matriarch but they did have strong cultural roles within their family spheres. [/quote]
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