forewoman
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Tensions flared in court after the jury forewoman sent the judge a note saying one juror would not follow the judge's instructions on reasonable doubt.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
When Juror No. 5 showed up in a navy blazer, Laurey Trailer, who later became forewoman, got annoyed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
As costume shop forewoman at LACC, McKenna pulled together technically impeccable and historically accurate costumes for everything from Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” to the midcentury French drama “Cher Antoine.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
The jury forewoman said Jennifer Crumbley wasn’t a “super reliable witness.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
Madame was with Lady Blakeney, very busy with an order, the forewoman was also engaged.
From The Oyster by Peer
A study of the previous experience of foremen and forewomen made by the survey shows that they come from nearly every department of the factory.
From Wage Earning and Education by Rufus Rolla Lutz
Factory employment: Machine operators, designers, forewomen, stenographers, bookkeepers, nurses, dietitians, welfare workers, travellers, managers and owners.
From The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance by Lady Marjory MacMurchy Willison
The forewomen also conform to this arrangement, but wear washing dresses of blue cotton to distinguish them from the girls.
From The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa by Brandon Head
The forewomen have all four qualities, sometimes one, sometimes another predominating.
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Marie Van Vorst
He began with closer individual supervision by the forewomen.
From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Walter Dill Scott
