A daughter calling for recognition (9)
I believe the answer is:
admission
'recognition' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a daughter calling' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'calling' becomes 'mission' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'d'+'mission'='ADMISSION'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for admission that I've seen before include "guilt?" , "Entrance fee" , "guilty plea, perhaps" , "Right to enter" , "Acknowledgement < of entry" .)