Such women were born not alone to bear children but to rule the destinies of mankind; genuine matriarchs.
"Promenades of an Impressionist"
James Huneker
Simone Putnam, her granddaughter; Nina Putnam, her great-granddaughter; the unbroken succession of matriarchs continued, but times the old woman thought that in Simone it was weakened, and she looked at the four-year-old Nina askance, waiting, waiting, for some good sign.
"The Putnam Tradition"
Sonya Hess Dorman