professional women
Women in business
Professional women are women in skilled occupations requiring specialized education or training—doctors, lawyers, engineers, executives.
The phrase emerged as women entered fields historically dominated by men, and often appears in contexts addressing workplace challenges: a networking group for professional women, professional women juggling career and family.
The term can feel dated, since "professional men" rarely appears as a parallel construction.
- suffragetteMilitant women's voting advocate
- engineerTechnical design professional
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- old boys clubInformal male power network
- confidence buildingDeveloping self-assurance
mentor · doctor · Title IX · Rosie the Riveter · work-life balance · mommy track · pay gap · trailblazer · lawyer · feminist movement · leader · leaning in · mentorship programs · networking event · workplace harassment · diversity initiatives · gender equity · skill acquisition
- women's laborfemale workforce, domestic workers, labor force participation, employment rates, gender pay gap
- women's rightssuffrage movement, gender equality, feminism, suffragettes, right to vote
professional womenhobbyists
Recreational pursuit enthusiasts
dilettantes · laywomen · dabblers · laypeople · volunteers
professional womenhousewives
Women who manage households
homemakers · kept women · ladies of leisure · ladies who lunch
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