clubwoman

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

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

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

Then in comes a clubwoman who doesn't know who she is or why she is there.

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 Arthur E. Bostwick

The good news, Mr. McCommons argues, is that we’ve been here before and—through unlikely coalitions of amateur naturalists, clubwomen and conservationists—recognized birds as a resource that needed protection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

What clubwomen like Fletcher found is that U.S. engagement with Native peoples offered white American woman a profound opportunity.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2021

But African-American clubwomen and reformers did not accept the “mammy” stereotype.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2020

But Wikipedia articles about these clubwomen are highly susceptible to what’s referred to as “drive-by deletion” stemming from the argument that these women lack notability because of a lack of reliable sources.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2019

Other than the clubwomen, very few knew where Joe Trace met her.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison