workingwoman
Americannoun
Gender
See -woman.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of workingwoman
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In one of the many declarations the show makes about its heroine--in case anyone missed the point--Ally says, "I am a strong workingwoman whose life feels empty without a man."
From Time Magazine Archive
One is the "little black dress," a Chanel revolution in the '20s and '30s, when it symbolized the offhand smartness of the modern workingwoman.
From Time Magazine Archive
I don't think she realized that I was a workingwoman.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1998 I was a 49-year-old married workingwoman who found herself not feeling well.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had a way of making me feel like we were the same age, even though I was still in high school and she was a workingwoman in her twenties.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
When Queen Mary went to Stansted, England to open a home for British workingwomen, the children who were to present purses to Her Majesty were anxiously coached.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a plaintiff in the Washington suit, called comparable worth "pay equity for workingwomen."
From Time Magazine Archive
That is the most compelling argument against any notion that companies can afford to sideline the millions of workingwomen who will decide to become mothers as well.
From Time Magazine Archive
In effect, the Social Security taxes these workingwomen have paid earn them nothing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rest of the workingwomen are engaged in agriculture, domestic service, washing, and sewing.
From The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey by Schirmacher, Kaethe
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