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Definition of Saleswomen
1. saleswoman [n] - See also: saleswoman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saleswomen
Literary usage of Saleswomen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work. By Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny (1863)
"saleswomen. Women are quite as capable by nature to sell dry goods as men, ...
saleswomen and bookkeepers there enjoy as a class a good reputation, ..."
2. Workers of the Nation: An Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American by Gilson Willets (1903)
"... Retail Salesmen and saleswomen—The Art of Selling THE MERCHANTS OF THE UNITED
STATES THE wholesale and retail merchants and dealers, representing trade, ..."
3. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1898)
"Bookkeepers and stenographers, 0; dressmakers, 7; saleswomen, dry goods, 15; ...
Chiropodist,!; clerks and saleswomen,5; dressmakers,4; office employees,3; ..."
4. The Woman's Athenæum (1912)
"The highest salary some stores ever pay to their saleswomen is $4 and $5.
The average maximum runs between $6 and $7. ..."
5. Hours, Earnings, and Conditions of Labor of Women in Indiana Mercantile by Marie Louise Obenauer, Royal Meeker, Frances Wadsworth Valentine, Indiana Commission on Working Women (1914)
"For, while the pay rolls showed that 665 actually received commissions as part
of their compensations, the wage basis for the entire 1116 saleswomen in ..."
6. Department Store Occupations by Iris Prouty O'Leary (1916)
"TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE NEEDED BY saleswomen IN THE COSSET SECTION 1. Anatomy: Bones
of ribs and spine. Position of vital organs. Organs which need support ..."
7. The Census of Massachusetts: 1875 by Carroll Davidson Wright, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor (1876)
"... 625 Stone and granite, 56 Watches and jewelry, 1525 3 Tinware, 72 Woodenware,
13 Wool, 155 Woollen goods, 11 SALESMEN, saleswomen, ETC., ..."
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