Jean Kane Foulke du Pont (May 21, 1891 – November 6, 1985) was an American suffragette, prison reform activist and philanthropist.
[1] She was the granddaughter of William Foulke, who discovered the first full dinosaur skeleton in North America (Hadrosaurus foulkii), in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1858.
They had six sons: Éleuthère Paul, Jr. (1911); Francis George (1913); Stephen (1915); Benjamin Bonneau (1919); Robert Jacques (1923); and Alexis Irénée (1928).
[citation needed] During World War I, Foulke du Pont was a leader in the Women's Auxiliary for the Delaware Committee, as well as the Council of National Defense.
Foulke du Pont also played an important role in the creation of Delaware's present Family Court.