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

Perhaps the only small-time artist who ever breaks even on a Manhattan recital is Philadelphia's Mrs. Florence Foster Jenkins, a clubwoman coloratura now in her 70s.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 34 years as a zealous alumna, clubwoman and W. C. T. Unionist, Martha Ijams had rarely been so misunderstood.

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

Hemingways, Mrs. H. being the well-known clubwoman like the newspapers always print under her photo in evening dress.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon