breadwomen™
plural noun
The women who hold it down (intentionally or not) as their family’s primary or sole income earner
synonyms:
ladyboss, superwoman, overachiever, execu-mom, prov wife
Real Simple: Rise of the Breadwomen
Thought Catalog: 27 Ways Breadwomen Do Things Differently
sample sentences:
- She fell into being a breadwoman, just as she fell in love.
- Breadwomen sometimes struggle to reconcile the desire to achieve with the primal urge to be taken care of.
- Two things can be true: the breadwoman loves being a boss, but she secretly aches to work less hard.
- She wanted to say good-bye to c-suite mantrums once and for all, but she was the family’s breadwoman and she needed her job.
- She lies awake at night, trying to figure out how to not have it all — and not fall apart; she is a breadwoman, after all.