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

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

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

In full possession of the center was a counselor, Dorothy Meeker Holmes, wife of a school superintendent, mother of two, clubwoman, civic worker.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a clubwoman Mrs. Croly achieved the eminence almost of a pioneer.

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