progenitress
/prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtrɪs
/noun rare
A female progenitor.She was a worthy progenitress of a long line of most charming women novelists....
- By ones, twos, and threes her descendants came to mourn over their progenitress.
- The women of any clan are the progenitresses, the foremothers who should be honored along with the sires.