taskmistress

[task-mis-tris, tahsk-]

noun

a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
a woman who supervises others' work rigorously.

Origin of taskmistress

First recorded in 1595–1605; task + mistress

See -ess.

Then our taskmistress appeared just as the floor was finished; she had forgotten the store room, it was locked up and not cleaned.
Glimpses into the Abyss
Mary Higgs
So we worked steadily, my friend's fate being worse, as she worked under the taskmistress's eye.
Glimpses into the Abyss
Mary Higgs
For one blessed three-quarters of an hour before I finished the taskmistress was away.
Glimpses into the Abyss
Mary Higgs