Explore the links. The Amazon link will take you to buy selected writings from Bachofen's book. It is suggested that Bachofen is one of the earliest writers of Matriarchy. He is an anthropologist, which means that he study's society. It will an highly academic book. However, it will give way to a much simpler narrative about the origins of human society and why we see the things we see today. The works are taken from much earlier times in history.
Enjoy! We don't get a find like this all that often!
Can you guess who I was reading that referenced me to the "academic" who started the talk about Matriarchy? He always likes to know about your mother and father and thinks that phobias that you develop are linked to your fear and admiration of your father.
https://www.google.com/#q=Mother+Right% ... d.&start=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Bachofen
http://repository.tamu.edu/bitstream/ha ... Romero.pdf
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/069101 ... ul.Reviews