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

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

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

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

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