Florence Holbrook

Florence Holbrook
A middle-aged white woman with hair in a bouffant style
Florence Holbrook, from a 1921 newspaper
BornMay 30, 1860
Peru, Illinois
DiedSeptember 28, 1932
Chicago
Occupation(s)Writer, educator, peace and suffrage activist

Florence Holbrook (May 30, 1860 – September 28, 1932) was an American writer, educator, suffragist, and peace activist. She taught in the Chicago schools for over fifty years, and was an American delegate to the International Congress of Women in 1915, at the Hague, and in 1919, in Zürich. She was also aboard the Peace Ship with Rosika Schwimmer, and part of John Dewey's commission to study Soviet education in 1929.