founding mother
noun/ˌfaʊndɪŋ ˈmʌðə/UK/ˌfaʊndɪŋ ˈmʌðɚ/US
Etymology
From founding (“who or that founds (establishes, starts) or founded”) + mother, modelled after founding father.
Definitions
A woman who founded (established or started) something.
- She (Audrey Lorde) is a member of the founding collective of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press and a founding mother of SISA, Sisterhood in Support of Sisters in South Africa.
- There could even be a case made for treating Jane Harrison as a founding mother of social science (Beard, 2000).
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