But what made the Valencia organization unusual - if not unique - was its female leadership.
Byzantium also had a long, if spotty, tradition of female political leadership.
In both Black and white communities, women's clubs fostered female leadership.
It was organized like a union and concerned little with Western feminism, though men were still initially hesitant to accept female leadership.
Empower female leadership that will lead community involvement in pressing for solutions to the current crisis.
Every moment, she presents her team with a confident, capable role model for female leadership.
Some of those most critical of female leadership, these women said, have been other women.
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The church at Philippi is another example of early female leadership where women both founded and controlled the church's ministry.
Thus her work references matrilineal systems and points to the possibility of female leadership.