Beaumelle Sturtevant-Peet was an American social reformer active in the temperance and women's suffrage movements, as well as in philanthropic work. She was born with a social reformer heritage; her grandfather would not eat of cane sugar or wear cotton goods, because they were made by slave labor. For 17 years, she served as president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) of California. Her fellow members spoke of Sturtevant-Peet as having one of the finest trained and legal minds in the organization.