junior league

Example Sentences

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So I joined together with several of the women from church and the community to form an organization we called the Junior League.

From Literature

Ely was born and raised in Pennsylvania in the late 1800s, educated at Bryn Mawr College, and was active in predominantly white upper-middle-class women’s organizations such as the Junior League and the League of Women Voters.

From Slate

His total topped all Canadian Hockey League — which contains the Quebec Major Junior League and Ontario Hockey League as well as the WHL — players.

From Seattle Times

Nevertheless, the name persisted, from the founding of the first Junior League, in 1901 in New York; to the Seattle league’s inception in 1924; to the present day, when 291 such leagues with 140,000 members operate throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the UK.

From Seattle Times

In Seattle as elsewhere, Junior League has pursued a steadfastly two-pronged path — a women’s social forum and training ground for a variety of professional and personal pursuits, coupled with an investment of time and money for social-welfare projects, with and without fanfare.

From Seattle Times