Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Supreme authority of the father in the family.
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In peaceful periods, however, in the long ages when the father-rule was a despotism tempered only by natural affection and the skill of women in securing advantages while simulating submission, mothers had large use of their protective function in easing family discipline and in gaining relief from harsh conditions affecting childhood.
The Family and it's Members Anna Garlin Spencer
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Under the father-rule, the political and legal elements of the family were emphasized, since his was an autocratic and personal control of wife and children, even of adult sons, and in many cases of his own mother, and marked the beginning and worked toward the power of the modern state.
The Family and it's Members Anna Garlin Spencer
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