Eloise Page

Page died on October 16, 2002, having never married and without children.

In 1987, Page retired, receiving the Distinguished Intelligence Medal. She had been the highest ranking female officer in the CIA since 1975. Following retirement, she continued consulting with the Defense Intelligence Agency on terrorism, and taught at the National Defense University. In 1997, she was one of 50 CIA officers who received a Trailblazer Award for service. Her Trailblazer citation called her "a role model" and "a champion of using technology to solve operational problems".

Page began her US intelligence work during World War II in May 1942, working under William J. Donovan, head of the CIA's predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services. She became interested in intelligence work and espionage, and continued into the CIA when it was formed in 1947. She progressed to a senior role with the Agency, becoming the CIA's first female station chief in 1978. She was stationed in Athens, Greece, where the previous chief, Richard Welch, had been assassinated three years earlier. She subsequently became the first female Deputy Director of the Intelligence Community staff and chaired the Critical Collection Problems Committee. Within the CIA, she became a well-respected terrorism expert.

Eloise Randolph Page (February 19, 1920 – October 16, 2002) was an American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. She was the first female officer in several agency roles.