social entrepreneur
Jane Stanford.
philanthropist, first lady of California, co-founder of Stanford University (1828-1905)
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About Jane Stanford
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford was an American philanthropist and co-founder in 1885 of Stanford University with her husband Leland Stanford, in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died of typhoid fever in 1884 at age 15.
Everything about Jane Stanford →- Occupation
- social entrepreneur, philanthropist, suffragist, donor
- Position held
- First Lady or Partner of California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 25, 1828
- Died
- February 28, 1905