197

New Guinea, 152-153

New theory of mother-right, 35, 43-44, 48 _et seq._, 72, 90-91, 96, 97,
170, 212, 254, 257

Nicaraguans, 125

O

Origin of the human family, 21, 24, 25, 41-42, 50 _et seq._, 77,
90, 255 _et seq._

Origin of the maternal system, 16, 41, 43, 88-89, 166, 257 _et seq._

Owen, 115, 197

Ownership of children, 115, 141, 183 _et seq._, 187

P

Pakpatan, 189

Pani Kotches, 158-159

Papuans of New Guinea, 201

Paraguay, 152

Parenthood, 37, 268-269

Parke, 201

Passivity of female in love, 153

Patriarchal authority of father, 19, 35, 48, 51, 63, 68, 72, 74, 81.
_See_ Father as tyrant.

Patriarchal family, 35, 45, 91, 215, 222, 255 _et seq._

Patriarchal theory, 24, 26, 35, 45 _et seq._, 254

Pearson, K., 231, 240, 241, 243, 248, 250, 251

Pecuniary matriarchy, 159

Pedangs of Sumatra, 148-150

Pelew Islanders, 152-159, 207-208

Petherick, 180

Picts, mother-descent among, 232

Pike, W., 198

Plato, 239

Plutarch, 216, 220

Polyandry, 42, 51, 112, 125, 136, 173, 260

Polygamous males, 49, 50, 52

Polygamy, 112, 125, 157, 259

Polynesians, 203

Position of the father, 13, 15, 17, 21, 58 _et seq._, 141, 143, 149,
165, 170, 173, 191, 225, 238, 242, 257

Position of the mother, 13, 15, 17, 21, 58 _et seq._, 111, 165, 176,
191, 225, 238, 257

Position of women, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26, 106, 143, 152, 158, 192, 204, 238

Powell, 114, 116

Power, 202, 224

Pre-matriarchal period, 35, 169, 255

Present social and economic condition, 14, 267-269

Prevalence of mother-descent, 17, 128-129, 209-210, 233

Primal law, 24, 47, 52, 73, 74, 75, 77

Promiscuity, 23, 25, 27, 31, 32, 40 _et seq._, 43, 45 _et seq._, 76, 97,
99, 168, 209-210, 255

Property ownership, its importance for women, 43, 45 _et seq._, 77, 97,
99, 168, 209-210, 255

Pueblos, 116 _et seq._, 200, 207

Purchase marriage, 124, 177, 182, 233

Puritan spirit, 36, 96, 255

Q

Quissama women, 203

R

Race, responsibility to, 37, 268-269

Ratzel, 206

Religions, position of women in primitive, 29, 37, 238, 241.
_See_ Divinities, women as.

Religious festivals, 241, 242-243

Religious myths, 29-30, 33, 236-238

Revolt of women, 31, 34, 35, 44, 267

Rhys and Brynmor-Jones, 233

Riedel, 183

Rome, ancient, t