Matron /(?)/

Ma·tron

Matron

n.
  1. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
    Your wives, your daughters, Your matrons, and your maids.
    Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother.
  2. A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.

Phrases & Compounds
Jury of matrons
a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.