女じょ工こう

noun

female factory worker

Obsolete term referring to women who worked in factories, especially during Japan's early industrial period. Now mainly encountered in historical contexts.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、多おおくの女じょ工こうが紡ぼう績せき工こう場じょうで働はたらいていた。

  During the Meiji era, many female factory workers worked in spinning mills.