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

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 Buckle, Mary

"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

If you were a good workwoman, it paid well.

From The Shadow by Ovington, Mary White

A great sensation was caused in Italy a few decades ago when a humble workwoman, Signora Bassani, succeeded in rediscovering the peculiar stitch of the celebrated Venetian point, which had been lost for centuries.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine