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The Cushing Sisters were three 20th-century American socialites. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were the daughters of neurosurgeon Harvey Williams Cushing and his wife Katharine Stone Crowell: [ 3 ] Minnie Benedict Cushing (1906–1978), philanthropist and art collector.
Mary Benedict Cushing (sister) Barbara Cushing (sister) Betsey Maria Whitney ( née Cushing, formerly Roosevelt; May 18, 1908 – March 25, 1998) was an American philanthropist, a former daughter-in-law of President Franklin D. Roosevelt , and later wife of U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St James's , John Hay Whitney .
Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley, born Barbara Cushing in Boston, Massachusetts, was the daughter of renowned brain surgeon Harvey Cushing, who belonged to a prominent Cleveland medical family and held professorships at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and Yale, and Katharine Stone (née Crowell), a granddaughter of Ohio congressman John Crowell.
Barbara "Babe" Paley was the youngest child of neurosurgeon surgeon Dr. Harvey Cushing and socialite Katharine Crowell Cushing. Her mother, according to Leamer's book, wished for one thing for her ...
She was the daughter of famous brain surgeon Harvey Cushing and younger sister to Minnie and Betsey, with whom she was part of “the fabulous Cushing sisters.” The three were famed for marrying ...
Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease .
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Mary Benedict Cushing was the eldest daughter of Harvey Williams Cushing (1869–1939) and his wife Katharine Stone Crowell. Her father, a pioneering neurosurgeon, was the first person to describe Cushing's disease, and, along with Ernest Sachs, is known as the "father of neurosurgery."