A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl.
A woman
Three generations: grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter
The Birth of Venus (1486, Uffizi) is a classic representation of femininity by Sandro Botticelli. Venus was a Roman goddess associated with love, beauty and fertility.
Gynaecology is the area of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the female reproductive system. It is sometimes combined with the field of obstetrics, which focuses on pregnancy and childbirth
Pap smear being examined under a microscope in 1988. Image courtesy of National Cancer Institute.