Florence Lathrop Page

Early life, education, and family Born Florence Lathrop on October 19, 1858, in Alexandria, Virginia. She was the daughter of Jedediah Hyde Lathrop and Mariana Bryan Lathrop (also known as "Minerva" and "Minna"). Her siblings included Bryan Lathrop, Barbour Lathrop, and Minna Lathrop. She was a member of the Barbour family on her mother's side. Her maternal grandmother was Mary Barbour Bryan (the daughter of Thomas Barbour, and the sister of James Barbour and Philip P. Barbour).

Her parents were strong unionists, and, in the lead up to the American Civil War, her family left Alexandria, Virginia to settle in Chicago, Illinois, where their relative Thomas Barbour Bryan (her uncle) had been since 1852. She grew up in the suburb of Cottage Hill, today's Elmhurst, Illinois, a place which her uncle Thomas Barbour Bryan has been regarded as the "father" of. Her family built their "Huntington" estate there in 1864, adjacent to the "Eagles Nest" estate of Thomas Barbour Bryan.

Growing up, Florence was privately tutored at home, before being sent abroad to Paris, France, to finish her education, something which was fashionable for wealthy American families of the day to have their children do. Henry Field was a junior partner in Field, Leiter & Company, the business of his elder brother Marshall Field. Henry Field was a millionaire.

After their wedding, the two lived abroad in Paris for two years, with Henry Field working as a foreign buyer in Europe for Field, Leiter & Company, which would soon be renamed Marshall Field & Company.

Upon returning to the United States, the Fields resided in Chicago. In March 1882, Florence gave birth to their first child, a daughter who she named after her dead sister Minna (who would later take the name Minna Field Page). In December 1883 she gave birth to her second daughter, who she named Florence (who would ultimately marry into the name Florence Field Lindsay). In 1888, she gave birth to a third daughter, who she named Gladys. Glayds would die eight months after birth. He would return briefly to the company again from 1885 until 1889 before again retiring. He was buried at Graceland Cemetery, a cemetery which her uncle Thomas Barbour Bryan had founded, and which her brother Bryan Lathrop then served as the president of. As a widow, she was wealthy.

Benefactor of the Art Institute of Chicago

Remarriage Two years after the passing of Henry Field, she met Thomas Nelson Page. Page was a member of the prestigious Nelson and Page families of Virginia. They wed at Byrd's Nest Chapel on June 6, 1893, before sixty relatives and close friends. One of the two reverends who jointly officiated the wedding was Reverend Frank Page, the brother of the groom.

Soon after marrying, the Pages moved to Washington, D.C.

Philanthropic endeavors She was a philanthropist. She donated substantial amounts of money to create public health nursing programs in Chicago, Hanover County, Virginia, New York City, and Washington, D.C. She was a donor to the endowments of Associated Charities of the District of Columbia. Her estate was estimated to be worth $2,000,000.