career woman
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of career woman
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Carroll is a career woman who felt free to date whomever she wanted.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024
Princess Aiko's mother, Empress Masako, is known as a "career woman" princess and empress in Japan.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024
The groundbreaking sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” about a single career woman in Minneapolis, debuted on CBS in Sept. 1970, just months before “All in the Family” started.
From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023
You have to be a career woman, but also always be looking out for other people.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2023
She was a career woman and her name kept bobbing up in the newspapers.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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