Jeannette Osborn Baylies

Jeannette Lawrence Osborn Baylies (December 21, 1912 – January 12, 1984) was an American civic leader who served as the 31st president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1977 to 1980. During World War II, she was volunteered as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross Motor Corps and organized the American Women's Voluntary Services Motor Transport Unit for the United States Air Force.

Early life and family Baylies was born Jeannette Lawrence Osborn on December 21, 1912, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was the third generation of her family to belong to the organization. During her campaign, a tea party and reception were held for her in Scarsdale.

At the time of her presidency, she was the only DAR President General to have formerly served as a personal page to another president general, when she served as a page to the 16th DAR President General Florence Hague Becker.

Future president general Merry Ann Thompson Wright served as a personal page to Baylies during her administration.

Personal life and death She was married to George Upham Baylies, an executive with the American Can Corporation, who died in 1980.

Baylies died at her home in Scarsdale, New York on January 12, 1984, at the age of seventy-one.