She also wrote a biography of her father-in-law, William Greenleaf Eliot, a Unitarian minister and leading citizen of St. Louis.
It received its present name in 1857 at the insistence of its chancellor, William Greenleaf Eliot, as it was chartered on George Washington's birthday.
It was founded in St. Louis August 1861 under the protection of General John C. Frémont and under the leadership of Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot (1811-1887).
William Greenleaf Eliot (1811–1887), American educator, Unitarian clergyman, and founder of Washington University
Their mothers were siblings, as well as sisters of Rebecca Greenleaf (she married Noah Webster.) The Eliots had 14 children but not all survived to adulthood.
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