A woman (/ ˈ w ʊ m ə n /), pl: women (/ ˈ w ɪ m ɨ n /) is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights". Unlike men, women are typically capable of giving birth.

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• 1 Etymology
• 2 Terminology
• 3 History
• 4 Biology and gender
• 5 Culture and gender roles
• 6 Education
  • 6.1 OECD countries
    • 6.1.1 Education
• 7 See also
• 8 References
• 9 Further reading
• 10 External links

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-woman

1. used to form the names female sportspersons or professions

Derived terms Word suffixed with -woman

• businesswoman
• crosswoman
• recordwoman
• rugbywoman
• sportswoman
• superwoman
• tenniswoman
• yachtswoman
• yachtwoman

Women are female humans. The term woman (irregular plural: women) usually is used for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights".

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• 1 Sourced
  • 1.1 Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
  • 1.2 The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904)
• 2 External links

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Society: People: Women
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Society: People: Women: History
Women Nobel Laureates - In 1903, only two years after the Nobel Foundation was established, the first Nobel Prize was awarded to a woman, Marie Curie.