society ladies
High-class social figures
Society ladies are women of high social standing, typically wealthy and prominent in elite circles.
The term evokes a world of charity galas, country clubs, and social registers—women whose names appear in society pages and who serve on prestigious boards.
The society ladies organized the annual debutante ball.
The phrase can carry a whiff of gentle mockery, suggesting preoccupation with status and appearances.
- socialitesPeople famous for attending events
- debutantesWomen debuting socially
- coming out partyFormal social introduction event
- hostessesThose who receive guests
- matronsMarried women of standing
aristocrats · elite · old guard · charity · charity ball · galas · pearls · gloves · luncheons · high tea · cotillion · heiresses · philanthropy · champagne · gossip · pedigree · country club set · finishing
- women in paintingportraits, nudes, Madonna, Venus, odalisque
- Southern Bellesdebutante, debutantes, cotillion, charm school, finishing school
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- women in literaturefemale protagonists, female authors, women writers, feminist literature, female voices
society ladiespeasant women
Low-status rural females
factory girls · charwomen · scullery maids · domestic workers · housemaids
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