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A '''career woman''' describes a woman whose main goal in life are to create a career for herself.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Orange|first=Michelle|date=2017-04-19|title=Professional Lives: Career Women on Film|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/655492|journal=Virginia Quarterly Review|language=en|volume=93|issue=2|pages=178–181|issn=2154-6932}}</ref> These women can also be described as more interested in their career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/career-woman|title=career woman definition and synonyms {{!}} Macmillan Dictionary|website=www.macmillandictionary.com|access-date=2016-11-21}}</ref> <br />
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== History ==<br />
The phrase was first coined in the thirties as a way to remind women that a career does not have a greater importance than her husband and family. This term was mainly used from the early thirties to mid nineties.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Orange|first=Michelle|date=2017|title=Professional Lives: Career Women on Film|journal=Virginia Quarterly Review|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/655492|volume=93|pages=178–181|via=Project MUSE}}</ref> This is because women began being seen as assets to be used within the workforce during trying times as well as with the advancement of technology.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-07|title=The history of women’s work and wages and how it has created success for us all|url=https://www.brookings.edu/essay/the-history-of-womens-work-and-wages-and-how-it-has-created-success-for-us-all/|access-date=2020-11-06|website=Brookings|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Glass ceiling]]<br />
* [[Kyariaūman]], the term in Japanese <br />
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