woman of color
noun
plural women of color
: a woman whose skin pigmentation is other than and especially darker than what is considered characteristic of people typically defined as white (see white entry 1 sense 2a) : a woman who is of a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) other than white or who is of mixed race
… Sen. Kamala Harris of California, will become the first woman of color to accept a major party's vice presidential nomination on Wednesday.—
Steve Peoples
Steve PeoplesIn reality the 19th Amendment failed to enfranchise thousands of American women of color—Black, Asian, Latina and Native American.—Anna Bloom
Anna BloomExamples of woman of color in a Sentence
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In’s 2023 Women in the Workplace study shows that, despite gains in senior leadership, women remain underrepresented at all levels, especially women of color.
—Karyn Twaronite, Fortune, 20 May 2024
Around the same time, a justice deputy for county Supervisor Hilda Solis filed a complaint accusing Villanueva of targeting and harassing women of color.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
The pay penalty is especially pronounced among women of color, who account for much of the child care workforce.
—Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
Alarmed by efforts to target LARCs at low-income populations, a group of women’s health organizations led by Sister Song, a nonprofit dedicated to reproductive justice for women of color, put out a statement of principles about LARCs in 2016.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 13 May 2024
Yet, the subsequent mass exodus of women of color in Hollywood leadership positions and the low number of films directed by women and people of color seems to contradict the docuseries’ overarching narrative of a hashtag's singular impact.
—Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 10 May 2024
Enter Black Girl Sunscreen, made by a woman of color to address this very issue.
—Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 3 May 2024
White women were 12% less likely, men of color 26% less likely and women of color 35% less likely to receive job referrals than their white male counterparts, the compensation data provider found.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Amanda Rajkumar, the former global head of human resources and the first woman of color on Adidas’s executive board, quit in 2023, after starting in 2021.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
Karyn Twaronite, Fortune, 20 May 2024
Around the same time, a justice deputy for county Supervisor Hilda Solis filed a complaint accusing Villanueva of targeting and harassing women of color.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
The pay penalty is especially pronounced among women of color, who account for much of the child care workforce.
—Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
Alarmed by efforts to target LARCs at low-income populations, a group of women’s health organizations led by Sister Song, a nonprofit dedicated to reproductive justice for women of color, put out a statement of principles about LARCs in 2016.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 13 May 2024
Yet, the subsequent mass exodus of women of color in Hollywood leadership positions and the low number of films directed by women and people of color seems to contradict the docuseries’ overarching narrative of a hashtag's singular impact.
—Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 10 May 2024
Enter Black Girl Sunscreen, made by a woman of color to address this very issue.
—Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 3 May 2024
White women were 12% less likely, men of color 26% less likely and women of color 35% less likely to receive job referrals than their white male counterparts, the compensation data provider found.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Amanda Rajkumar, the former global head of human resources and the first woman of color on Adidas’s executive board, quit in 2023, after starting in 2021.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Woman of color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woman%20of%20color. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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