Woman puts daughter in place (4)
I believe the answer is:
lady
'woman' is the definition.
(lady is a kind of woman)
'daughter in place' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'place' becomes 'lay' (synonyms).
'd' going inside 'lay' is 'LADY'.
'puts' is the link.
(Other definitions for lady that I've seen before include "Woman, maybe titled" , "older female" , "mature woman" , "Title for a knight's wife" , "Female title" .)