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

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

She loved her work for clubs, and you will remember that she had several business enterprises connected with them, during the years that she was an active clubwoman.

From Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" by Various