"One is not a stateswoman and a daughter of kings for nothing," amended Colville, with his tolerant laugh; for he was always ready to make allowances.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
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.
"You think me a fool and a weakling; a dreamer also, you, the clear-eyed, hard-brained stateswoman who look to the glittering gain of the moment for which you are ready to pay in blood, and guess nothing of what lies beyond.
"Moon of Israel"
H. Rider Haggard