horsewomen, sportswomen; newswomen, policewomen; superwomen.

[S]uffer [your children] not to carry themselves unreverently or contemptuously towards you [parents]; but to keep their distance. For too much familiarity breedeth contempt, and imboldeneth to disobedience.

It was a large room, … furnished, among other things, with a cheval-glass and a business table

I managed to plough through the crowds and get to the information desk.