State accepted woman. A northern one (7)
I believe the answer is:
indiana
'state' is the definition.
(US state)
'accepted woman a northern one' is the wordplay.
'accepted' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'woman' becomes 'Di' (short for Diana).
'northern' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up or 'north').
'one' becomes 'an' (an apple is one apple).
'an' reversed gives 'na'.
'in'+'di'+'a'+'na'='INDIANA'
(Other definitions for indiana that I've seen before include "The Hoosier State" , "Vice President Pence's state" , "State south of Lake Michigan" , "member of 2 [THE STATES]" , "US Midwest state" .)