workingwoman

She earns wages

A workingwoman is a woman who works for wages, especially outside the home.

The term emerged when women entering the workforce was noteworthy enough to require its own word.

Now somewhat dated, as the assumption that women work has become standard: Her grandmother was a workingwoman all her life.

Also spelled as two words.

career

professional

Credentialed in one's field

colleague · supervisor · promotion · networking · resume · industry · occupation · vocation · hierarchy · director

empowerment

feminism

Advocacy for sex equality

confidence · strength · inspiration · leadership · resilience · determination · autonomy · liberation · agency · empowered

pioneer

trailblazer

First to forge ahead

reformer · activist · visionary · pathfinder · forerunner · revolutionary · liberator · progressive · advocate · Rosie

breadwinner

provider

One who furnishes things

  • earnerOne making money
  • incomeRegular monetary receipts
  • salaryFixed periodic employment payment

wages · paycheck · livelihood · support · family · finances · employment · jobholder · self-sufficient · independence

balance

juggle

Toss objects cyclically

organize · flexible · busy · hectic · supermom · childcare · family · overload · stress · commute

labor

employee

Hired organizational member

operative · factory · shift · blue-collar · white-collar · clerical · seamstress · domestic · service · retail

Opposites
employment status

workingwomanhomemaker

One who manages a household

housewife · stay-at-home mom · lady of leisure · domestic goddess · kept woman

gender in workforce

workingwomanworkingman

Manual labor employee

businessman

Family

workingwomen

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G