workwoman

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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

If we have earlier typified nature as a great workwoman, and we still hold to the statement, we must now add that the static condition, the condition of rest, does not imply any mechanical labor.

From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Engels, Friedrich

If late five minutes the workwoman is fined twopence, and if not there by nine is "drilled," that is, sent away, or kept waiting near until two, when she goes on for half a day.

From Prisoners of Poverty Abroad by Campbell, Helen

The best workwoman can earn seven shillings a week, working eight hours a day.

From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Martin, Frances

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