Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun sg] [prep] [art] women [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 1915 to 1922 she was chairman of the Women 's International League for Peace , which aimed to harness feminism to the peace movement ; and throughout World War I she campaigned for a negotiated peace and the establishment of an international peace-keeping organization . |
| 2 | In 1904 she was president of the Women 's Local Government Society . |
| 3 | Within months of his marriage his wife , Florence , was leader of the women 's social services . |
| 4 | From 1913 to 1918 she was secretary of the Women 's Labour League , and strongly defended the need for separate women 's political organizations , at least until women had acquired political experience and maturity comparable with that of men . |
| 5 | Mary Neal , a leading protagonist of the folk-dance movement , was also the organizer of the Esperance Guild for working girls , which she had founded jointly with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence [ q.v. ] , who was treasurer of the Women 's Social and Political Union . |