clubwoman
Example Sentences
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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
It was recorded�to sell to her friends at $2.50 a copy�by Mrs. Florence Foster Jenkins, rich, elderly amateur soprano and musical clubwoman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps the only small-time artist who ever breaks even on a Manhattan recital is Philadelphia's Mrs. Florence Foster Jenkins, a clubwoman coloratura now in her 70s.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 34 years as a zealous alumna, clubwoman and W. C. T. Unionist, Martha Ijams had rarely been so misunderstood.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a busy season and as the librarian hesitated the clubwoman added hastily that the whole programme need not occupy more than half an hour.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Bostwick, Arthur E.
