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What is a doyenne?

What is a doyenne? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A female doyen.
  2. The senior or eldest female member of a group, especially one who is most or highly respected.
  3. A woman who is highly experienced and knowledgeable in a particular field, subject, or line of work; expert
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On a recent survey of how well-known companies respond to their electronic messages, the domestic doyenne turned mega-entrepreneur failed miserably.
She talks to the former doyenne of daytime TV about her comeback.
The project's director is a doyenne of progressive-education pedagogy in America.
The doyenne of Mexican cooking speaks on the simplest of staples.
But if she became a doyenne in her chosen field, she never quite lost touch with her love affair with the opposite end of the lens.
The doyenne of New Zealand letters, and a woman especially respected for her success in combining sound historical scholarship with writing for children, turned eighty-five.

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