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

Accordingly, Dr. Little sought out Mrs� Grace Morrison Poole of Brockton, Mass.; long a prominent clubwoman and president of the Federation in 1932.

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

She loved her work for clubs, and you will remember that she had several business enterprises connected with them, during the years that she was an active clubwoman.

From Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" by Various