To provide a terminal having a reinforcement applied to a transition region liable to be deformed.

This female electrical contact terminal obtainable from a single conductive sheet metal has a rear part connectable to a conductor 20 via a caulking process, a transition region, and a front part formed like a basket out of an end wall, two half-wall parts and two side walls 26. The two side walls 26 are provided with a guide means for guiding a male contact during the insertion thereof, and a fixing means for internally fastening the basket type part to a connector housing. In this case, the side walls 26 of the basket type part are extended by use of right angle branch parts 71 and 72 at a position near the transition region.