Florence Peshine Eagleton

Florence Peshine Eagleton (April 16, 1870 November 22, 1953) 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.

Florence Peshine Eagleton
Eagleton circa 1900-1920
Born
Florence Peshine

April 16, 1870
Newark, New Jersey
DiedNovember 22, 1956(1956-11-22) (aged 86)
Newark, New Jersey
OccupationPhilanthropist
SpouseWells Phillips Eagleton
Parent(s)Francis Stratford Peshine
Elizabeth Mary Jellip
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