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

He dismisses such suggestions with the same scorn that he once made use of when a clubwoman asked him what butterflies were for.

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

During his 30-odd years in politics and two terms as Governor, she has been a tireless clubwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Hutchinson seems to have been New England's first clubwoman.

From The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees by Crawford, Mary Caroline