Jean Kane Foulke du Pont
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Jean Kane Foulke married E. Paul du Pont
in 1910. She was the granddaughter of William Foulke
, discoverer of the first full dinosaur
skeleton in North America
(Hadrosaurus
foulkii), in Haddonfield, New Jersey
, in 1858.
Mrs. du Pont was a progressive woman for her era, and her passion was prison reform
; in 1919 she courageously helped found Delaware
's Prisoners Aid Society as well as Bridge House, a detention home for juvenile offenders.
Mrs. du Pont was exceedingly active in the women's suffrage
movement; in 1916 she picketed the White House
with a troop of Delaware women in an effort to persuade President Woodrow Wilson
to become active in the cause.
During World War I
, Mrs. du Pont was a leader in the Women's Auxiliary for the Delaware Committee, as well as the National Counsel of Defense. Mrs. du Pont was also responsible for several "Save the Babies" stations, which effort resulted Delaware's "Pure Milk Legislation" intended to protect milk sold for babies, and also led to child welfare programs in Delaware.
Mrs. du Pont also played an important role in the creation of Delaware's present Family Court. In 1964, she created the "E. Paul du Pont Endowment for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at the University of Delaware."
Link to History at University of Delaware http://www.udel.edu/PR/duPontFamily/internal_pages/personal_index.html
E. Paul du Pont
Eleuthere Paul du Pont was an American industrialist, and the son of Francis Gurney du Pont. He founded Du Pont Motors, a manufacturer of automobiles and marine engines, and later bought and became President of Indian Motorcycles.-Biography:...
in 1910. She was the granddaughter of William Foulke
William Parker Foulke
William Parker Foulke discovered the first full dinosaur skeleton in North America in Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1858....
, discoverer of the first full dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
skeleton in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
(Hadrosaurus
Hadrosaurus
Hadrosaurus is a valid genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur. In 1858, a skeleton of a dinosaur from this genus was the first dinosaur skeleton known from more than isolated teeth to be found in North America. In 1868, it became the first ever mounted dinosaur skeleton...
foulkii), in Haddonfield, New Jersey
Haddonfield, New Jersey
Haddonfield is a borough located in Camden County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a total population of 11,593....
, in 1858.
Mrs. du Pont was a progressive woman for her era, and her passion was prison reform
Prison reform
Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, aiming at a more effective penal system.-History:Prisons have only been used as the primary punishment for criminal acts in the last couple of centuries...
; in 1919 she courageously helped found Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
's Prisoners Aid Society as well as Bridge House, a detention home for juvenile offenders.
Mrs. du Pont was exceedingly active in the women's suffrage
Women's suffrage
Women's suffrage or woman suffrage is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or...
movement; in 1916 she picketed the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
with a troop of Delaware women in an effort to persuade President Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
to become active in the cause.
During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, Mrs. du Pont was a leader in the Women's Auxiliary for the Delaware Committee, as well as the National Counsel of Defense. Mrs. du Pont was also responsible for several "Save the Babies" stations, which effort resulted Delaware's "Pure Milk Legislation" intended to protect milk sold for babies, and also led to child welfare programs in Delaware.
Mrs. du Pont also played an important role in the creation of Delaware's present Family Court. In 1964, she created the "E. Paul du Pont Endowment for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at the University of Delaware."
Link to History at University of Delaware http://www.udel.edu/PR/duPontFamily/internal_pages/personal_index.html