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.

Give the workingwoman a vote and she, too, can protect herself.

The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) |Ida Husted Harper
Naturally, the workingwoman who is all alone in the world cannot exist on such a sum.

The Modern Woman's Rights Movement |Kaethe Schirmacher
The lot of a German workingwoman in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was very hard.

Women of the Teutonic Nations |Hermann Schoenfeld
Another has a great scheme for starting a "workingwoman's home" and wants Miss Anthony to furnish the money.

The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) |Ida Husted Harper

You go ahead and print your newspaper and don't worry about the workingwoman.

The Colossus |Opie Read