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He did not wish to introduce the names of ladies into the debate, but could not help remarking that in The Times of Saturday last, there appeared an advertisement of a society to collect funds to be remitted to General Garibaldi, of which society the Countess of Shaftesbury was Chairmaness—[A Laugh]—and in the list of contributions which followed the first name was that of Lady Palmerston, and the second that of Mrs. Gladstone.
“Miss Chairmaness, as there is quite a stock of clothing on hand, allow me to ask if the committee to distribute should not be appointed?”
The venerable Lucretia Mott, who was its Chairmaness declared that it had fulfilled its mission, that it “had seen the salvation of the Lord,” and like the aged “Simeon” was ready to depart.
Mrs. Caldwell, chairmaness of the Arkansas Woman’s Centennial Executive Committee, has issued an address calling upon the women of the State to go to work heartily for the Philadelphia exhibition.
We intimated as much to a lady friend, who was chairmaness of the tasting committee.
Mr. G. Merritt moved thanks to the “Chairmaness,” and quality of tone which it would be quite right for a heavy the meeting closed with applause.
Is she the chairmaness of any committees?
Ned Tracy and Kate Dexter constituted themselves chairman and chairmaness of the committee and assumed full management.[…]The secret of how Mr. and Mrs. Towle were furnished with a wedding which they could not possibly have afforded, a trousseau and wedding presents that would not have come in a less pretentious affair has been well kept by the committee, especially by the chairman and chairmaness, who paid the bills.
To this decision the commissioneress from the Second district assented but she of the Third protested so strenuously that the chairmaness, somewhat perplexed, called up the county attorneyess for advice on the subject.
She was the chairmaness of the Society for the Amelioration of Poverty, or whatever it was, in San Francisco, and, despite an exceptionally brusk manner, she was a woman of great kindliness of spirit and good works.
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Thus in State v. Walbridge, 69 Mo. App. 657, it appeared that one Bristol the superintendent of the house of refuge in the city of St. Louis, caused to be set up and printed by the inmates of the institution a circular ridiculing the “chairmaness” and two women members of the board of managers of the house of refuge, who were his superiors in office, and circulated the same in the city.
Schuyler Arnold, chairman; Miss Burns, chairmaness;
The Chairmaness of their indignation Committee read the resolutions they had adopted.
For a campaign document presented in the disguise of economic or sociological literature, commend us to Frances A. Kellor, chairman-ess of the woman’s committee of the National Hughes alliance;
Miss Lottie McIntyre chairman-ess, introducing the following speakers:[…]
Incidentally, if the aforesaid chairman has not been exercising his authority in this particular department of the domestic economy and is conscious of a delicate reluctance in the matter, he might test out his diplomacy in tactfully impressing the thought upon the mind of his vice chairmaness, or chairlady, or whatever the technical title of his majority fraction may be.
Who knows how long it will be before the chairmaness of the Twenty-ninth Ward Republican Club will be demanding a fair share of municipal patronage?
Every one of my dresses was too morning or evening or something, and above all things I do believe in dressing a part, and certainly I had nothing which looked like a chairmaness.
The chairmaness quickly slipped a pint bottle under her cape:[…]
“Where’s our vice-chairmaness?” shouted some one when the matter of Mrs. Williams had been disposed of.
Many ladies of the state, including Mrs. McCullough, who was a delegate at large to the national convention, Miss Julia Landers, chairmaness of the Indiana Womans democrat League, and Miss May Williams, of Tennessee.
It was Mrs. A. E. D. Trabue, who is chairmaness of the tournament committee and a golf worker of most relentless perseverance, who told me that the qualifying round will take place on Monday and match play on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
No, I didn’t say her name was Miss Hannah, Who, Why I mean Miss Hannah Kristianson of the Krystal Optical company and the hustling vice chairmaness of the Pageant of Progress Parade committee on interesting mercantile and other business establishments in this parade.
The chairmaness of the Nebraska League of Women voters sends out a quiz to candidates in which this question: “How would you handle the problem of the moron?” Most candidates are reluctant to put their replies into print, but we presume would not object to whispering the same privately to the chairmaness.
Somehow or other the ladies didn’t get in on that resolution, and I know they want to thank the entertainment committee through me, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, the chairman and chairmaness, for all that they have done,[…]
Martha Fischel, president of the charity commission, was chairmaness;[…]While the chairmaness tried to find out what the witness didn’t know, Mrs. Trelease mildly exercised her talking machinery and got it into good training.
She hikes, cooks, presides, / And can lecture, besides, / Does our Vice-chairmaness, Mary Shirer.
With the entire card carried out in the usual Leap Year fashion, according to the dainty chairmaness …
Great credit is due the committee of the Thrushes for the excellence of the supper served and the chairmaness of the Cuckoos responded with a speech of appropriate gratitude.
Even the chairmaness doesn’t know exactly what it is.
Many husbands who have thought they were head of the corporation, and therefore entitled to legislate now and then, have discovered they were ruled out of order by the chairmaness of the board.
ICC Chairmaness Is Virginia Mae Brown
They are simply concerned with being chairmanesses of companies.
And the Chairmaness of the judges doesn’t like me – because of an incident in her kitchen.
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