Woman turning out first of numerous stories (3)
I believe the answer is:
ana
'stories' is the definition.
(archaic term for anecdotes or gossip)
'woman turning out first of numerous' is the wordplay.
'woman turning' becomes 'aa' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'first of numerous' becomes 'n' (ast letter of 'numerous').
'aa' enclosing 'n' is 'ANA'.
(Other definitions for ana that I've seen before include "literary gossip" , "in equal quantities" , "literary collection" .)