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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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