Where women rule: the last matriarchy in Europe – in pictures

Big Heart, Strong Hands is the story of the women who live on the isolated Estonian islands of Kihnu and Manija in the Baltic Sea. Often viewed as the last matriarchal society in Europe, the older women here take care of almost everything on land as their husbands travel the seas.

• Anne Helene Gjelstad’s Big Heart, Strong Hands is published by Dewi Lewis

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