stateswoman

[ steyts-woom-uhn ]

noun,plural states·wom·en.

a woman who is experienced in the art of government.
a woman who exhibits great wisdom and ability in directing the affairs of a government.

Origin of stateswoman

First recorded in 1600–10; states(man) + -woman

She was willing to essay the rle of stateswoman with no other principle than revenge and no other policy than plunder.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. Trowbridge
Lady Marney was a great stateswoman, a leader in fashionable politics.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
A stateswoman or statesman is one who is intelligently active in work that materially benefits the citizens of a state or nation.
The Myth in Marriage | Alice Hubbard
The history of 1860 and the following winter proves that in her the world has lost a stateswoman.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home | Bayard Taylor
Lady Firebrace, a great stateswoman among the tories, was proud of an admirer who was a member of the whig cabinet.
Sybil | Benjamin Disraeli

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