workwoman

His Majesty & Her Majesty patriotically impersonated, last week, the roles of a stupid workman and workwoman trying to operate complex factory machinery on the good old British plan for "muddling through."

From Time Magazine Archive

A good workwoman will not encumber herself with too many tools; but she will not shirk the expense of necessary implements, the simplest by preference, and the best that are made.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle

Mrs. Candy and her daughter even looked at each other and smiled over the demure, thoughtful little face of the workwoman; and Matilda got praise for her work.

From Opportunities by Susan Warner

No other workwoman knew how to do it, and Grannie was very careful not to impart her secret to the trade.

From Good Luck by L. T. Meade

These lines are struck with great rapidity, and with mathematical truth, by an instrument called a "beam compass," in the use of which this workwoman is most expert.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

The workwomen who are able to execute certain more difficult parts of the watch get higher wages, and can earn from five to ten francs a day.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2011

Clients sitting mesmerized before individual mirrors, Sumner Welles at last forgotten, while cunning workwomen pull roses or bows over their right eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Flavia was one of her best workwomen then, as she has been ever since.

From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various

It is now a favor for her to receive any new customers, and I believe she has some thirty or forty workwomen in her employment.

From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie

Dressmakers are peculiarly subject to the attacks of consumption; workwomen constantly suffer from varicose veins.

From The Night Side of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie