Florence Peshine Eagleton

Infobox Person
name = Florence Peshine Eagleton


image_size = 250px
caption = Eagleton circa 1900-1920
birth_date = April 16, 1870
birth_name = Florence Peshine
birth_place = Newark, New Jersey
death_date = November 22, 1956
death_place = Newark, New Jersey
occupation = Philanthropist
spouse = Wells Phillips Eagleton
parents = Francis Stratford Peshine
Elizabeth Mary Jellip
children =

Florence Peshine Eagleton (April 16, 1870 – November 22, 1956) 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. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Eagleton celebrates anniversary. |url=http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2001/12/03/News/Eagleton.Celebrates.Anniversary-154707.shtml |quote=The institute was established in 1956 when Florence Peshine Eagleton, active in the League of Women Voters, gave Rutgers an endowment to be used to promote civic education, said Chris Lenart, Eagleton's Education Programs director. |publisher=Daily Targum |date= |accessdate=2008-05-01 ]

Biography

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 born out by the fact that in 1880 they had three live-in servants. [1880 US Census; Newark, New Jersey with , Tuesday |accessdate=2007-05-20 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/ Eagleton Institute of Politics]
* [http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_5/eagleton.htm Rutgers: Florence Peshine Eagleton]