Florence Peshine Eagleton

American academic

Died when: 86 years 220 days (1039 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

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.

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