Florence Holbrook | |
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Born | May 30, 1860 Peru, Illinois |
Died | September 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.