Essay about a woman in the workplace (7)
I believe the answer is:
tannery
'the workplace' is the definition.
(tannery is a kind of workplace)
'essay about a woman' is the wordplay.
'essay' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'a woman' becomes 'anne' (I've seen this before).
'try' going around 'anne' is 'TANNERY'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for tannery that I've seen before include "place for skin treatment" , "Leather factory" , "Leather works" , "leather shop" , "Building involved in making leather" .)