Women having ideals shattered (6)
I believe the answer is:
ladies
'women' is the definition.
(lady is a kind of woman)
'ideals shattered' is the wordplay.
'shattered' is an anagram indicator.
'ideals' is an anagram of 'LADIES'.
'having' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ladies that I've seen before include "Wives of knights" , "Well-mannered women" , "Women of rank in the British peerage" , "Ideals for gentlewomen" , "...... and gentlemen" .)