She

The word "she" is a third-person singular pronoun used to talk about a female. When the name of a woman has been the subject, then "she" takes the place of that name, in the text. While "she" is the subject form, the word "her" is the object or possessive form (see table below). The word "she" is used for a woman (or girl) where the word "he" would be used for a man, or "it" for a neutral pronoun.

In 1999, the American Dialect Society chose "she" as the word of the past millennium (1000-year period).[1] The Society noted the word was not used before the year 1000; "she" was first seen in writings from the 12th century, where the word "heo" had been used to mean either the feminine or mixed plural as with "they".

This is usually used to referring to someone female, but that isn't always excactly the case.

Personal pronouns in standard Modern English
		Singular				Plural
		Subject	Object	Reflexive	Possessive *Adj./Object	Subject	Object	Reflexive	Possessive Adj./ Object
First		I	me	myself	my / mine	we	us	ourselves	our / ours
Second		you	you	yourself	your / yours	you	you	yourselves	your / yours
Third	Masculine	he	him	himself	his / his	they	them	themselves	their / theirs
	Feminine	she	her	herself	her / hers
	Neuter	it	it	itself	its / its
* - Possessive forms are also known as "possessive adjectives" rather than pronouns.

References

"1999 Words of the Year, Word of the 1990s, Word of the 20th Century, Word of the Millennium". American Dialect Society. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2008-10-20.

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[AD-1] "1999 Words of the Year, Word of the 1990s, Word of the 20th Century, Word of the Millennium". American Dialect Society. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2008-10-20.