womanhood

wom·an·hood  (wmn-hd)

n.

1. The state or time of being a woman.

2. The composite of qualities thought to be appropriate to or representative of women.

3. Women considered as a group: "The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood" Mary McLeod Bethune.

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womanhood

Noun

1. the state of being a woman: young girls approaching womanhood

2. women collectively: Asian womanhood

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Womanhood women collectively; women as a body, 1523; womenkind, 1357.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	womanhood - the state of being an adult woman muliebrity adulthood - the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
	2.	womanhood - women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda" fair sex, woman social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" womankind - women as distinguished from men
	3.	womanhood - the status of a woman berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"