clubwoman

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Her mother was a tireless clubwoman who kept insisting that Elizabeth “do something” for the war effort but, with a baby on the way, Elizabeth felt she was doing plenty.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 10, 2018

Helen Hokinson was the recording secretary of the clubwoman, the gentle, penetrating chronicler of the upper-middle-class matron.

From Time Magazine Archive

An indefatigable clubwoman, Mrs. Oscar A. Ahlgren of Whiting, Ind. belongs to so many committees, pursues so varied and vigorous a round of civic activities that, as her lawyer-husband says, "It stuns me."

From Time Magazine Archive

During his 30-odd years in politics and two terms as Governor, she has been a tireless clubwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

While she reveled in society, she was essentially a clubwoman, and nothing delighted her so much as debating and delivering addresses.

From I Spy by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner