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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Her mother, being the most famous clubwoman in America, hasn’t spent much time at home?

From Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Speed, Nell