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The clothing industry also employed tens of thousands of people, from skilled tailors and dressmakers in upscale shops to widowed needlewomen working 16-hour days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

On the top floor, out of sight, a few dozen tailors, pattern cutters, shoemakers, and needlewomen work on the orders.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016

In those days, needlewomen who worked at home in the island's second biggest industry after sugar were getting just 3� for hemming a dozen handkerchiefs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two batteries were quartered in Morny, and willing needlewomen were required to put the uniforms of the soldiers into good condition.

From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle

The last thing I saw about it was a mention of the neatness and dexterity of Burmese girls as needlewomen.

From Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field by Yonge, Charlotte Mary