womanhood

noun5

1. •
   The state or condition of being a woman.

   • She was a vigorous youth poised on the brink of womanhood.
2. •
   The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.

   • From the kitchen comes the even murmur of their voices. Mother and daughter: the protocols of womanhood being passed on, generation to generation. — 2005
3. •
   All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.

   • There was only one thing to be done: call out, start the alarm, set the heather on fire! Awaken the womanhood of America to free the motherhood of the world! — 1913
4. •
   The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.
5. •
   (euphemistic) The female genitalia, especially the vulva.