Florence Peshine Eagleton
Florence Peshine Eagleton | |
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.jpg) Eagleton circa 1900-1920 | |
| Born | Florence Peshine April 16, 1870 |
| Died | November 22, 1953 (aged 83) |
| Occupation | Philanthropist |
| Spouse | Wells Phillips Eagleton |
| Parent(s) | Francis Stratford Peshine Elizabeth Mary Jellip |
Florence Peshine Eagleton (April 16, 1870 – November 22, 1953[1]) was a leader in the woman suffrage movement and advocated women's higher education. She was one of the first women to serve as a Trustee of Rutgers University. She willed more than $1,000,000 to establish the Wells Phillips Eagleton and Florence Peshine Eagleton Foundation, now the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]She was born in Newark, New Jersey to Elizabeth Mary Jellip and Francis Stratford Peshine. Francis was a shoe dealer. They were reasonably affluent as is borne out by the fact that in 1880 they had three live-in servants.[3][4] She married a man twice her age, and that marriage ended in divorce. In 1913 she married Wells Phillips Eagleton (1865-1946), a neurosurgeon.[5] She was a trustee of the Newark Museum, a vice president of the Travelers Aid Society, and a life member of the New Jersey Historical Society.[6] She died on November 22, 1953.[4]
References
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