gyneocracy

The stang is of Saxon origin, and is practised in Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, for the purpose of exposing a kind of gyneocracy, or, the wife wearing the galligaskins.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829 Various

The mother-right and gyneocracy among the Iroquois here plainly indicated is not overdrawn.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

Bachofen was the first to discuss under the name of gyneocracy and mother-right.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

Bachofen has pointed out, since gyneocracy and mother-right, as discussed by him, must have originated among these tribes when under the gentile organization, and with descent in the female line.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

In the fishing villages on the Firths of Forth and Tay, as well as elsewhere in Scotland, the government is gyneocracy, as described in the text.

The Antiquary 1845

In the fishing villages on the Firths of Forth and Tay, as well as elsewhere in Scotland, the government is gyneocracy, as described in the text.

The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

In the fishing villages on the Firths of Forth and Tay, as well as elsewhere in Scotland, the government is gyneocracy, as described in the text.

The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

In the fishing villages on the Firths of Forth and Tay, as well as elsewhere in Scotland, the government is gyneocracy, as described in the text.

The Antiquary 1584

[Footnote: These statements illustrate the gyneocracy and mother-right among the ancient Grecian tribes discussed by Bachofen in "Das Mutterrecht."

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849