Hera was the goddess of Marriage and Family and protector of married women.
Fun Facts about Hera
Strange to say, Hera, besides being a mother, also embodied the eternal virginity, since she was anually renewing her virginity by bathing in the spring of Canathus in Nauplia(Peloponnes/southern Greece). According to the Roman poet Ovid, the month June has been named in Juno's honor, the latin counterpart to Hera, because the goddess was worshipped during that month. Since Hera was a goddess of matrimony, many couples considered June as the favourable time to marry.
Hera was the goddess of Marriage and Family and protector of married women.
Strange to say, Hera, besides being a mother, also embodied the eternal virginity, since she was anually renewing her virginity by bathing in the spring of Canathus in Nauplia(Peloponnes/southern Greece). 
According to the Roman poet Ovid, the month June has been named in Juno's honor, the latin counterpart to Hera, because the goddess was worshipped during that month. Since Hera was a goddess of matrimony, many couples considered June as the favourable time to marry.
