Like many traders, Fontenelle had married a high-status Native American woman, and formed important alliances with her people.

Clearly, using standard forms is conservative only for the high-status women who traditionally use them.

Then one after another of the other Camps had turned him down, even with a pregnant, high-status woman.

Then how long would he keep his high-status woman?

"But the major use of natural gemstones is once again decorative, for pets, high-status women, courtly men."

He married a high-status woman in the Coushatta or Alabama tribe.

They seem convinced that feminists and other high-status women will only be turned on by men who can beat them in arguments.

Men were supposed to be completely dominant in the workings of church and state; but at least occasionally "high-status women," especially widows, achieved wide public influence.

And if you aspire to a high-status woman then you must ensure you engage them.

Chickasaw chiefs and high-status women found such marriages of strategic benefit to the tribe, as it gave them advantages with traders over other groups.