Background
Babbage, Joan Dorothy was born on January 10, 1926 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Laurence Washburn and Dorothy A. (Davenport) Babbage.
Babbage, Joan Dorothy was born on January 10, 1926 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Laurence Washburn and Dorothy A. (Davenport) Babbage.
Bachelor in English, Mount Holyoke College, 1948. Postgrad, Art Students League, New School Social Research.
Publicist Paramount International Films, New York City, 1952—1958. Reporter Newark News, 1960—1967, food editor, 1967—1972. Feature writer, reporter Star-Ledger, Newark, since 1972.
Vice president junior group Women's National Republican Club, New York City, 1955.
Married Vernon H. Ellsworth Babbage, March 6, 1971.