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

Let this workwoman, whom the opposition of the convent has crushed, crawl to the gate of the convent—can she find an asylum there?

From Priests, Women, and Families by Jules Michelet

"Has the workwoman brought her bill with her, Reynolds?" asked Mrs. Danvers.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

The milliner—who was not unkind or hardhearted, only badly in debt—was touched, took her in hand with good-will, found her the most patient and earnest of pupils, and made her a good workwoman.

From Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read by Charles Dickens

She had felt ashamed to be paid as a workwoman by one once her friend, and in social rank her equal; but now she raised her head, with a noble frankness and spirit.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 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

Then the large shop, with sleeping partners, that buys of the convent, and destroys by degrees the smaller shops which employed the workwomen.

From Priests, Women, and Families by Jules Michelet

As to the workwomen, they looked upon him much as a Prince Rodolphe,—for they had all read "The Mysteries of Paris,"—and admired his tall, slender figure and his careful dress.

From Jack 1877 by Mary Neal Sherwood

Then madame has offered to supervise the workwomen at home, and altogether Laura will be a gorgeous bride.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas