workingwoman

[ wur-king-woo m-uh n ]

/ ˈwɜr kɪŋˌwʊm ən /

a woman who is regularly employed.

Origin of workingwoman

First recorded in 1850–55; working + woman

See -woman.

Of the working-women over 16 years of age, 28.27 were married.

Woman under socialism |August Bebel
They grew up like them, becoming ordinary working-men and working-women themselves; so that the Poor Law knew them no longer.

From Workhouse to Westminster |George Haw
Miss Burgess made the presentation in the name of the working-women of America.

Speeches of Benjamin Harrison |Benjamin Harrison
Oh, how many hollow cheeks and attenuated figures were to be seen in that sad meeting of working-women!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 |Various

If this were not true, why is it that the workingmen and the working-women of the older lands turn their faces hitherward?

Speeches of Benjamin Harrison |Benjamin Harrison