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Is it committeewoman or committeeperson? See -woman.
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Origin of committeewoman
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Michele Merrell, a Republican state committeewoman for Broward county in Florida, said the appointment of Ms Trump in the RNC had made a "world of difference".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
Tara Jenner, a candidate for state committeewoman in Florida, also took a conspiratorial tone.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2024
“That’s a concern for me when your friends don’t help build you up and then question why you’re being torn down,” said Tamara Scott, the G.O.P. committeewoman from Iowa.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
Nearly 89% of those present voted to remove her, Bree Moeggenberg, District 2 state committeewoman, said following the meeting.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
A committeewoman wore charcoal sweaters and skirts of scratchy material and wrote notes on a bulletin board while talking to other committeewomen on the telephone.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
By the time the committee held its first press conference, O’Donnell and White had already lined up Draft Goldwater chairmen in thirty-three states and had nationwide Republican support from precinct chairmen to national committeewomen.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2015
The embattled committeemen and committeewomen sought to solve their problem soothingly with Names.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nevertheless, the committeewomen had come to act, not temporize, and act they did.
From Time Magazine Archive
So were most of its C.I.O. unions, 300 of 412 Republican precinct committeewomen.
From Time Magazine Archive
A committeewoman wore charcoal sweaters and skirts of scratchy material and wrote notes on a bulletin board while talking to other committeewomen on the telephone.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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