Martriarchal Quotes

“In response to [the Philistine] threat [in the ninth century B.C.], the Hebrews could no longer rely on the leadership of 'judges,' ad hoc military leaders (some of them, peculiarly, women; perhaps reflecting as feminists claim, and earlier matriarchal society).”
― Norman F. Cantor, Antiquity: The Civilization of the Ancient World