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Matron is a proper name or common coming from the Latin (mother) with an augmentative suffix, according to a derivation similar to (father, boss).

Ancient Rome

In ancient Roman society , was the matron mother, dignified and respectable, responsible for the proper maintenance of home and child rearing. They are exempt from any domestic or agricultural work except the spinning of wool. The Roman matrons had their feast, celebrated in Rome, the Kalends of March ( Matronalia ). Among the Romans admired matrons include Vturia (mother of Coriolanus ), Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi ), Aurelia Cotta (mother of Julius Caesar ), and Atia (mother of Augustus ) ^{Middle Ages}

• The matron was a middle-aged woman who was helping younger women to give birth.

The matron always dressed in green. It could become matron at the age of forty. We had to wear gloves during delivery to avoid soiling the hands. The mother's blood is considered unclean. The matron should be brown. There was a formation that lasted 2 years. At the end of training, new matrons received a diploma and a haircut to avoid being embarrassed at their work.

Contemporary Period

Today:

• The midwife is a midwife, in countries where there is no formation of a midwife.
• For the U.S. , the matron is a guardian of prison.

Holy Christian

• Matron ( 304 ), a servant in a Jewish family in Thessaloniki , died a martyr under the batons; celebrated on March 15 .

References

• Ancient Rome portal
• Women Portal

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