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Alumnus Lamont then organized the Harvard Scrubwomen Fund, raised $3,880, portioned it out last Christmas to the scrubwomen.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she tells an anecdote, gesturing extravagantly, she plays all the roles involved, right down to such spear-carriers as waiters and scrubwomen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only grownups in the audience were the theatre's three scrubwomen, delegated to the task of suppressing unnecessary Hogmanay enthusiasms.

From Time Magazine Archive

He lives in an empty barnlike structure which has not been troubled by scrubwomen for months.

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Ten thousand men working through the night had touched up the paint and staff and planted pansies and laid sod as a thousand scrubwomen washed, waxed, and polished the floors of the great buildings.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson