matriarch

A woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe.

A woman who dominates a group or an activity.

A highly respected woman who is a mother.

The wife of a patriarch.

A woman who holds (to some extent or in some respect) in a family or tribe a position analogous to that of a patriarch. See matriarchy.

The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.

A woman who dominates or is the most important member of a group or organization; in businesses, often the founder or owner of the largest interest.

A venerated old woman.

A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.