I'm not sure that's what Jack was talking about. I think he means the leaders of the group, not the individual families. Jan G. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sue & Bobby Bates" <bsbates@netease.net> Reply-To: "Sue & Bobby Bates" <bsbates@netease.net> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BSChat] CIVILIZATIONS Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 11:45:07 -0500 > Anyone know or heard of any civilization, country or society that was ran by females, at any time in the history of the world?< Jack, There have been several matriarchal societies recorded in the history of the world. The Cherokees were one that immediately comes to mind and noted sociologist Margaret Mead did a study on at least one, if not more, matriarchal society, in New Guinea I think it was. See what you can find in your local library under the subject. Best, SueB ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx