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

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

She became a compulsive eater, and over the years puffed herself up into a caricature of the professional clubwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Illig has the advantage of being not only a clubwoman in charge of the Federation's division of health, but a qualified speaker on cancer prevention.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hemingways, Mrs. H. being the well-known clubwoman like the newspapers always print under her photo in evening dress.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon