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.
- 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
