No, a female leader would have been called a matriarch. She would have had the same duties as a patriarch, but she wouldn't have been called one.
A patriarch is male and a matriarch is female. Abraham was a patriarch and Sarah was a matriarch.
Judge
a patriarch is a male leader in a family or tribe
Patriarch
It is a religious Christian rank for Christian religious leaders. see link before. The male head of a family or tribe, one who rules by reason of age and beginning The Patriarchs of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, were Abraham, Isaac & Jacob/Israel
Progenitor
kaycee pilgreen was the leader of the Native Texans tribe Karankawas it was a female because the male were always busy hunting and gathering food or trying to make the tribes life easier.
His grandfather was Kohath son Levi, a patriarch of that tribe.
who is the leader of the wakashans tribe
leader of the Shoshone Indian Tribe
An Arab tribe leader is commonly referred to as a Sheikh.
No, they are descended from Japheth, patriarch of the Caucasian races of Europe.