Facts: - death place: newark , new jersey - caption: eagleton circa 1900-1920 - birth name: florence peshine - death date: 22 november 1956 - spouse: wells phillips eagleton - parents: francis stratford peshine elizabeth mary jellip - birth date: april 16 , 1870 - name: florence peshine eagleton - image size: 250px - image: florence peshine eagleton.jpg - birth place: newark , new jersey - occupation: philanthropist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of florence peshine eagleton .
florence peshine eagleton -lrb- april 16 , 1870 -- november 22 , 1956 -rrb- 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 .