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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

John Lane Hancock, elderly Mrs. Logan is not only an active art patron, an avid clubwoman, but a poet.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gymnasium was only half full when the girls escorted “the most distinguished clubwoman in America” across the campus and into the great hall.

From Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Speed, Nell