forewoman
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When Juror No. 5 showed up in a navy blazer, Laurey Trailer, who later became forewoman, got annoyed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
As costume shop forewoman at LACC, McKenna pulled together technically impeccable and historically accurate costumes for everything from Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” to the midcentury French drama “Cher Antoine.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
The deliberations continued for three days before the court reconvened and the forewoman delivered three unanimous guilty verdicts.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
The jury forewoman said Jennifer Crumbley wasn’t a “super reliable witness.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
The milliner and her forewoman followed her with a dignified slowness, but reached the window in time to see Patty get into an elaborately-appointed motor-car which rolled rapidly away.
From Patty's Success by Carolyn Wells
They were hand-and-glove with the forewomen, asked them to breakfast at their country houses, knelt to old Spricht as if he were the Pope himself.
From The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 by A. W. (Arthur Woollgar) Verrall
She said there were chances to make big wages there, because forewomen and draping hands were wanted more and girls who had anything in them had a better show than in a little place.
From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by John Maurice Miller
He began with closer individual supervision by the forewomen.
From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Walter Dill Scott
A private dining-room is provided for the forewomen.
From The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa by Brandon Head
One of the most trying aspects of machine-speeding, in the sewing trades, is the perpetual goading and insistence of the foremen and forewomen, frequently mentioned by other workers besides Yeddie.
From Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls by Sue Ainslie Clark