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  URI(s)

  • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082204
  • info:lc/authorities/sh85082204
  • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85082204#concept

• Instance Of

  • MADS/RDF Topic
  • MADS/RDF Authority
  • SKOS Concept

• Scheme Membership(s)

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings

• Collection Membership(s)

  • LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
  • LCSH Collection - General Collection
  • LCSH Collection - May Subdivide Geographically

• Variants

  • Gynaecocracy
  • Gynarchy
  • Gynecocracy
  • Gynocracy
  • Matriarchal families

• Broader Terms

  • Women

• Related Terms

  • Families
  • Matrilineal kinship

• Sources

  • found: Wu, Q. Female rule in Chinese and English literary utopias, 1995.
  • found: Dictionary.com, Mar. 28, 2012 (gynaecocracy or gynecocracy. Also called: gynarchy. government by women or by a single woman)
  • found: Urban dictionary, via WWW, Mar. 28, 2012 (gynaecocracy: Rule by females)
  • found: The free online dictionary, Mar. 28, 2012 (gynocracy. Variant of gynecocracy; gynecocracy: 1. Government by women. 2. A society ruled by women; gynarchy: Government by women; matriarchy: 1. A social system in which the mother is head of the family. 2. A family, community, or society based on this system or governed by women; matriarchy: 1. a community in which the mother or oldest female is the supreme authority, and descent is traced through the female line. 2. government by females, with one as supreme)

• LC Classification

  • GN479.5

• Change Notes

  • 1986-02-11: new
  • 2012-06-14: revised

• Alternate Formats

  • RDF/XML (MADS and SKOS)
  • N-Triples (MADS and SKOS)
  • JSON (MADS/RDF and SKOS/RDF)
  • MADS - RDF/XML
  • MADS - N-Triples
  • MADS/RDF - JSON
  • SKOS - RDF/XML
  • SKOS - N-Triples
  • SKOS - JSON
  • MADS/XML
  • MARC/XML

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