Amanda Eunice Cheatham (née Peele January 10, 1903 – April 10, 1978)[2] was an American biologist.

[4] A 1923 graduate of Northampton County Training School, Peele earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton Institute in 1930.

[5] After winning a fellowship from the General Education Board,[6] she earned a Master of Science degree from Cornell University in 1934.

Her thesis, entitled Floral anatomy of Trapa natans, was a study of water caltrops.

[1] At Cornell, Peele studied under Arthur Johnson Eames, William J. Hamilton, Jr., and Albert Hazen Wright.