foremother

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Like its foremother, “Twilight,” “The In Between” depicts a pedantic girl in a supernatural world who’s willing to die for her boyfriend.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022

Even today, many in the country of 12 million know little about their foremother.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

In recent years, Chisholm has received some belated recognition for her role in establishing the groundwork for women’s fight against sexual harassment, and she has been cited as a foremother of the modern #MeToo movement.

From Slate • May 6, 2020

“She’s a pioneering performance artist and poet, a mystic, a feminist foremother for a whole generation of women artists and writers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020

One of their families takes its name from its foremother, the warlock's daughter who was provided with the dogskin mentioned on a previous page.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney