womenfolk

• womenfolks

Compound of women +‎ folk.

womenfolk pl (plural only)

1. Women collectively.
2. The adult female members of a community.
   • 1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 25:

     “Ain’t she a splendid specimen of Southern womanhood?” Rufus asked. “Down yonder, they teach their womenfolks to serve.”

• ladyfolk (uncommon, chiefly dialectal and humorous)

• menfolk