woman of color
noun phrase
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
In reality the 19th Amendment failed to enfranchise thousands of American women of color—Black, Asian, Latina and Native American.—Anna Bloom
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The organization puts on talks and networking events for women of color in Sacramento, and solicits sponsorships from companies like AT&T and the California Faculty Association.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The targeting — plus the potential loss of funding — has shaken an industry in California that has been historically underpaid, understaffed and run almost entirely by women, most of them women of color and many immigrants.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Yet many patients report waiting years between first symptoms and diagnosis, with studies showing longer delays and higher rates of symptom minimization among women of color.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 Jan. 2026
Furthermore, all of the women of color directors this year were Asian (Ganatra, Shi, Song, Kang, Hikari and Zhao); none were Black, Hispanic/Latina, Native American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander or Middle Eastern/North African.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Woman of color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woman%20of%20color. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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