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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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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)

 * google query for: "Miss Sally Behr"

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 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/10/16/99959492.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
 * NYT wedding announcement with photograph: Samuel Leonard Pettit Weds Sally Howell Behr (Oct. 16, 1960)
 * on times machine:
 * pdf of above:


 * Legacy.com obit: SAMUEL PETTIT

...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.