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Dorothy Doubleday daughter of Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday and Frank Doubleday; sister of Nelson Doubleday and ultimately married to

Founding of Embroiderers' Guild of America

Three women, Dorothy (Mrs. F. Huntington) Babcock [Miss Doubleday], Margaret (Mrs. Daryl) Parshall and Miss Sally Behr (later Petite) form a needlework class in Mrs. Babcock’s New York City apartment. This is to be the nucleus of the American Branch, Embroiderers’ Guild of London.

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Dorothy Doubleday Babcock Building – Dorothy Doubleday Babcock (1891 – 1964) was the daughter of book publisher Frank Nelson Doubleday (1862 - 1934). Her husband, F. Huntington Babcock, was a Doubleday director and vice-president of St. Luke’s Hospital.

1957 Founders:

  • (Mrs. F. Huntington) Babcock [Miss Doubleday]

(Mrs. F. Huntington) Babcock [Miss Doubleday]

See above

  • Margaret (Mrs. Daryl) Parshall

Margaret (Mrs. Daryl) Parshall

Oakleigh Thorne ... survived by his wife Helen[2] and two daughters; Mrs. Philip S. Chancellor and Mrs. Daryl Parshall bingo!.

  • Miss Sally Behr (later Petite)

Miss Sally Behr (later Petite)

Behr married Helen Monypeny Newsom on March 1, 1913 at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York City.

(Karl Howell Behr (May 30, 1885 – October 15, 1949) was an American tennis player and banker. He was also a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic)
The couple had four children together: Karl H. Behr Jr. (1914–2002), Peter Howell Behr (1915–1997), James Howell Behr (1920–1976), and Sally Howell Behr bingo! (later Mrs. Samuel Leonard Pettit) (1928–1995).
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/10/16/99959492.html?pageNumber=93
    • pdf of above:
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/10/16/99959492.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0


...form a needlework class in Mrs. Babcock’s New York City apartment. This is to be the nucleus of the American Branch, Embroiderers’ Guild of London.