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Definition of Forewomen
1. forewoman [n] - See also: forewoman
Medical Definition of Forewomen
1. A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forewomen
Literary usage of Forewomen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women Professional Workers: A Study Made for the Women's Educational and by Elizabeth Kemper Adams (1921)
"In all departments of one factory, and in some departments of another, none but
college trained women are given positions as forewomen. ..."
2. Out of the Shadow by Rose Cohen (1918)
"There were also assistant forewomen, and foremen and assistant foremen, ...
The steam power was turned off and the assistant forewomen announced that ..."
3. Industry and Finance (supplementary Volume): Being the Results of Inquiries by Adam Willis Kirkaldy (1920)
"In several firms, attempts have been made to employ forewomen. ... In one works
employing over 500 women and girls, three forewomen are employed; ..."
4. Official Year Book of New South Wales by Australian Bureau of Statistics (1897)
"Furriers I 2 12 forewomen 1 Journeymen I 3 Trimmers I 1 NOTE.—The wages quoted
must be taken as approximate, the number of people employed at this .industry ..."
5. Artificial Flower Makers by Mary Van Kleeck (1913)
"The average weekly wage of the whole group, excluding forewomen, was $6.37.
If we include forewomen and drop all workers under sixteen years of age, ..."
6. Bulletin by National Society for Vocational Education (1916)
"rule-of-thumb methods, and it has not as yet given very much attention to the
training of either its operatives or its foremen and forewomen. ..."
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