womankind

[ woo m-uh n-kahynd ]

/ ˈwʊm ənˌkaɪnd /

women, as distinguished from men; the female sex.

Origin of womankind

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at woman, kind²

humankind mankind womankind

Womankind has long known that style can be used as a weapon to mete out psychological torment.

Michelle Obama and Ann Romney: First Ladies of Style |Robin Givhan |October 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
They were pioneers who first ventured in that movement which inevitably brings enlargement of life for all womankind.

Women of Early Christianity |Alfred Brittain
And with the ill logic of womankind, through all her arguing with herself there flushed one glad thought.

The Heart of the Desert |Honor Willsie Morrow
Out of all womankind, she was designed to be my life's playmate and my soul's purifier.

Kenelm Chillingly, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton

This Silenus, with a stomach like a hogshead, still believes himself a danger to womankind.

Cyrano de Bergerac |Edmond Rostand
It is but a sad review, but it may serve well to reconcile the majority of womankind to the tranquil dreaminess of obscurity.

Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) |Frances Milton Trollope

womankind

/ (ˈwʊmənˌkaɪnd) /

the female members of the human race; women collectively