Mary F. Eastman (October 20, 1833 - November 1, 1908) was an American educator, lecturer, writer, and suffragist of the long nineteenth century.

Her education in early childhood was received mainly in the public schools of Lowell, and at the same time, by instruction in private classes in drawing, painting, horseback riding, dancing, and later, in the Lewis gymnastics.

When Antioch College in Ohio opened, under the leadership of Horace Mann, he urged Eastman and a classmate at the normal school to enter as pupils.

After four years service, she resigned to take charge of a seminary for young ladies at Meadville, Pennsylvania, endowed by the benefactions of the Huidekoper family.

[1][2] Eastman prepared the biography of Dr. Dio Lewis and contributed the section on "History of the Education of Women in the Eastern States", to a volume on Woman's Work in America.

[2] She entered the lecture-field in support of educational, political, and other reforms, with lectures on travel and on literary topics, meeting with a cordial reception from the public.

From the platform, she spoke along the lines of reform in way of "Equal Suffrage," "Progress in the Aims and Methods of Education," "Rights and Wrongs of the Indians," "Duties of Government," "Literature," "Travel," and other miscellaneous topics.

She received encouragement from her audiences, the press, and from the leaders of thought throughout the U.S.[1] Mary F. Eastman died at her home in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, November 1, 1908, where she lived a number of years.