Background
Voorhees, Josephine Palmer was born on November 19, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Robert Francis and Mary Oresta (Ludlow) Palmer.
Voorhees, Josephine Palmer was born on November 19, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Robert Francis and Mary Oresta (Ludlow) Palmer.
Graduate, Francis W. Parker School, Chicago. AB, Vassar College, 1917.
Chairman, Brooklyn women's division United Hospital Fund of New York, 1935-1942; chairman, Brooklyn Civilian Defense Volunteer Office, 1942-1945; chairman, Civil Defense Recruiting and Public Information, 1950-1954. Member Executive Committee Committee for Modern Court Justices, from 1956.
Trustee Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences, from 1939, Brooklyn Bureau Social Service and Children's Aid Society, 1947-1962. Member governing committee Brooklyn Museum, from 1939, president community committee, from 1963. Board regents Long Island College Hospital, from 1953.
Member Junior League, Vassar Club (president 1926-1928), Cosmopolitan Club (New York City), Civitas (president 1943-1947), Heights Casino Club (Brooklyn), Profile club (president 1958-1961), White Mountain Garden Club (president from 1963).
Married Tracy Stebbins, December 19, 1918. Children: Mary Van (Mistress Wilson), John Schenck.