Helena Charlotte Hill Weed (née Hill; August 15, 1875 – April 20, 1958) was an American suffragist, and a member of the National Women's Party.[1][2] She was one of the first American female geologists.[3]
Biography
Helena Charlotte Hill was born on August 15 1875, to Connecticut congressman Ebenezer J. Hill[1] and Mary Eileen Mossman.[4]
She later married and changed her name to Helena Charlotte Hill Weed.[1][2]
On July 4, 1917, the anniversary of the United States' independence, Hill picketed outside the White House carrying a banner stating: "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed."[5]; this led to her arrest and she served three days in a Washington, D.C. prison.[5] This event is notable as she was one of the first women to be arrested for doing such.
She was arrested again in January 1918 for applauding in court, for which she served a day in jail. In August of that year, she was arrested for participating in the pro-suffrage Lafayette Square meeting at which her sister Elsie Hill spoke, for which Helena served 15 days.[1][6] Her other sister Clara Hill was also a suffragist.[2]
In addition to her work for women's suffrage, Helena Hill was also one of America's first female geologists, having studied at Vassar College and the Montana School of Mines.[1][3] She was a founding member of the Women’s National Press Club, a vice-president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the national secretary of the Haiti-Santo Domingo Independence Society.[1][7] She also wrote articles in support of Haitian independence for the magazine The Nation.[7]
On April 20, 1958, Hill died at the age of 82.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Suffragist of the Month Archived September 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Guide to the Elsie M. Hill Papers, 1898-1970". Vassar College Libraries Archives & Special Collections. March 26, 2008. Archived from the original on March 26, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Mrs. Helena Hill Weed". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- ^ "Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Helena Hill Weed, Norwalk, Conn. Serving 3 day sentence in D.C. prison for carrying banner, "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." | Library ...
- ^ Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party - Profiles: Selected Leaders of the National Woman's Party - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
- ^ a b After the Vote Was Won: The Later Achievements of Fifteen Suffragists - Katherine H. Adams, Michael L. Keene - Google Books
External links
Media related to Helena Hill Weed at Wikimedia Commons- Helena Hill Weed at Find a Grave
