laywoman

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María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, known as Mama Antula, was an 18th-Century laywoman who is considered by some to be Argentina's first feminist.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

Thabile Ngubeni of South Africa is urging delegates to “make history” by choosing her as the first African laywoman to serve on the church Judicial Council.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

Each time he travels out of Italy, Francis plucks one layman or laywoman from the Vatican to join his entourage.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2015

A Catholic laywoman, Anne Barrett Doyle, who lives in Boston, suggested they should meet.

From New York Times • May 21, 2013

It was reasonable to suppose that a laywoman would not succeed where physicians had failed.

From The Sex Side of Life An Explanation for Young People by Dennett, Mary