Editing Matriarchy (section)

===Literature===
* [[Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett]]'s ''[[New Amazonia|New Amazonia: A Foretaste of the Future]]'' is an early feminist utopian novel (published 1889), which is matriarchal in that all political leadership roles in New Amazonia are required to be held by women, according to Duangrudi Suksang.<ref>Suksang, Duangrudi, ''Overtaking Patriarchy: Corbett's and Dixie's Visions of Women'', in ''Utopian Studies'', vol. 4, no. 2 (1993), pp. 74–93.</ref>
* [[Roquia Sakhawat Hussain]]'s ''[[Sultana's Dream]]'' is an early feminist utopia (published 1905) based on advanced science and technology developed by women, set in a society, Ladyland, run by women, where "the power of males is taken away and given to females," and men are secluded and primarily attend to domestic duties, according to Seemin Hasan.<ref>Hasan, Seemin, ''Feminism and Feminist Utopia in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's ''Sultana's Dream, in Kidwai, A.R., ed., ''Behind the Veil: Representation of Muslim Woman in Indian Writings in English 1950–2000'' (APH Publishing Corp., 2007). [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sultana/dream/dream.html ''Sultana's Dream'' (Digital.library.upenn.edu)].</ref>
* [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]'s book, ''[[The Ruins of Isis]]'' (1978), is, according to Batya Weinbaum, set within a "female supremacist world".<ref>Weinbaum, Batya, ''Sex-Role Reversal in the Thirties: Leslie F. Stone's 'The Conquest of Gola,{{'}}'' in ''Science Fiction Studies'', vol. 24, no. 3 (November, 1997), pp.&nbsp;471–482.  ([http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/73/weinbaum73.htm www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/73/weinbaum73.htm alternative availability]).</ref>
* In [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]'s book, ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]'' (1983), Avalon is an island with a matriarchal culture, according to Ruben Valdes-Miyares.<ref>Valdes-Miyares, Ruben, ''Morgan's Queendom: The Other Arthurian Myth'', in Alvarez Faedo, Maria Jose, ed., ''Avalon Revisited: Reworkings of the Arthurian Myth'' (Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2007).</ref>
* In [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''[[Speaker for the Dead]]'' (1986) and its sequels, the alien pequenino species in every forest are matriarchal.<ref>[http://www.brighthubeducation.com/homework-help-literature/83451-speaker-for-the-dead-summary-chapter-summaries/ ''Bright Hub Education'' (book summary)].</ref>
* In [[Sheri S. Tepper]]'s book, ''[[The Gate to Women's Country]]'' (1988), the only men who live in Women's Country are the "servitors," who are servants to the women, according to Peter Fitting.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fitting |first1=Peter |title=Reconsiderations of the Separatist Paradigm in Recent Feminist Science Fiction |journal=Science Fiction Studies |date=1992 |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=32–48 |jstor=4240119 }}</ref>
* [[Élisabeth Vonarburg]]'s book, ''[[Chroniques du Pays des Mères]]'' (1992) (translated into English as ''In the Mothers' Land'') is set in a matriarchal society where, due to a genetic mutation, women outnumber men by 70 to 1.<ref>Vonarburg (1992)</ref>
* [[N. Lee Wood]]'s book ''Master of None'' (2004) is set in a "closed matriarchal world where men have no legal rights", according to ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-446-69304-2 ''Publishers Weekly'' (book review (reviewed September 27, 2004))].</ref>
* [[Wen Spencer]]'s book ''A Brother's Price'' (2005) is set in a world where, according to Page Traynor, "women are in charge", "boys are rare and valued but not free", and "boys are kept at home to do the cooking and child caring until the time they marry".<ref>[http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/brothers-price Traynor, Page, ''A Brother's Price'', in ''RT Book Reviews'' (review)].</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Bear]]'s ''[[Carnival (Bear novel)|Carnival]]'' (2006) introduces New Amazonia, a colony planet with a matriarchal and largely lesbian population who eschew the strict and ruthless population control and environmentalism instituted on Earth. The Amazonians are aggressive, warlike, and subjugate the few men they tolerate for reproduction and service, but they are also pragmatic and defensive of their freedom from the male-dominated Coalition that seeks to conquer them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://io9.gizmodo.com/387818/environmental-fascists-fight-gun-loving-lesbians-for-alien-technology|title=Environmental Fascists Fight Gun-Loving Lesbians for Alien Technology|publisher=[[io9]]|first=Annalee|last=Newitz|author-link=Annalee Newitz|date=6 May 2008|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref>
* In [[Naomi Alderman]]'s book, ''[[The Power (Alderman novel)|The Power]]'' (2016), women develop the ability to release electrical jolts from their fingers, thus leading them to become the dominant gender.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/the-power-by-naomi-alderman-80fx3zcgg|title=The Power by Naomi Alderman|work=[[The Times]]|first=Francesca|last= Steele|date=15 October 2016}}</ref>
* [[Jean M. Auel]]'s ''[[Earth's Children]]'' (1980–2011).
* In the [[SCP Foundation]], which is a collaborative online horror fiction website, the Daevites are an ancient society in which women took the roles of both religious and political leaders, and men often take the place of slaves<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daevite Hub – SCP Foundation |url=https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/daevite-hub |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=The SCP Foundation |language=en}}</ref>