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Definition of Penwomen
1. penwoman [n] - See also: penwoman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penwomen
Literary usage of Penwomen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Who's who Among North American AuthorsAuthors, American (1921)
"... winning first prize in national essay contest of the League of American
penwomen (Headquarters, Washington, DC) with her "Writing and Marketing a Story. ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... 1987 an old man ... sent I am sure by the Lord to be a plague to the penwomen.
This was a poet, and he had his poems in a paper bag —Flannery O'Connor, ..."
3. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"... of the League of American penwomen, and was elected its corresponding secretary.
Her published volumes include: Hume Pictures (1853) ..."
4. Women Professional Workers: A Study Made for the Women's Educational and by Elizabeth Kemper Adams (1921)
"Newspaper women have press clubs and press associations of their own; and there
is a League of American penwomen. A Women's National Book Association has ..."
5. American Women and the World War by Ida Clyde Gallagher Clarke (1918)
"... League of American penwomen; Mrs. Carrie C. Catt, National American Woman
Suffrage Association; Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, National Association Opposed to ..."
6. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1868)
"The strange lady with the scholarly mind had touched thi. glorious old man of
letters; and, you see, ladies who are apt to sneer a: penwomen, the blue who ..."
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