 |  | | | Matriachal Society | Monday 31 March 2003 | | |
Yesterday was Mother's Day, celebrating the nation's mothers. Today in the UK more women head households in than ever before and the numbers are rising all the time. 70 per cent of all women go out to work and, for a time, the country was led by one of the greatest matriarchs of all time - Margaret Thatcher. So can Britain now describe itself as a matriarchal society?
Natasha Walter is the author of The New Feminism and a columnist for the Independent. Aminatta Forna is the author of The Mother of all Myths. Both Aminatta Forna and Natasha Walter join Jenni to discuss the meaning of matriachy today.
Mother of All Myths, Aminatta Forna, Published 20 July 1998, Harper Collins, ISBN: 0002556960
The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir, Aminatta Forna, Published 7 April 2003, Harper Collins, ISBN: 0006531261
The New Feminism, Natasha Walter, Published 11 Feb 1999, Virago Press ISBN: 1860496393
On the Move: Feminism for a New Generation, Natasha Walter-Editor, Published 11 Feb 1999, Virago Press, ISBN: 1860493211
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