She Who Must Be Obeyed
The phrase She Who Must Be Obeyed originally derives from the lead character of Henry Rider Haggard's 1886 novel She: A History of Adventure.
It also may refer to
- slang for "my wife", implying she is in charge.
- fictional characters:
- Hilda Rumpole, the wife of Horace Rumpole of Rumpole of the Bailey (first broadcast in 1975)
- sculpture:
- She Who Must Be Obeyed (sculpture), a 1975 sculpture by Tony Smith, in Washington, D.C.
- Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, of Mrs. Ramsay, “she whose wishes must be obeyed”