Helen Binney Kitchel (September 9, 1890 - February 11, 1990) was an American politician. She is best known for her fight against billboards. She was elected in the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an ...

from 1931 to 1939. She was the first woman in Connecticut to have a bill named after her. Kitchel was born on September 9, 1890, in Old Greenwich to parents

Edwin Binney Edwin Binney (November 24, 1866 – December 17, 1934) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, who created the first dustless white chalk, and along with his cousin C. Harold Smith (born London, 1860 - died, 1931), was the founder of handicraft ...

and Alice Stead Binney. She attended the Catherine Aiken School in Stamford. She married Allan Farrand Kitchel 1909. Helen Binney Kitchel Natural Park was named after her, as is a holly grove at

Greenwich Point Greenwich Point is one of four beaches located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The beach sits on a peninsula jutting into Long Island Sound. It is a popular spot for Greenwich families to spend the day. Visitors to Greenwich Point typically jog, walk, o ...

beach. In 1961 Kitchel gave the state of Connecticut a tract of land that forms what is now called

Algonquin State Forest Algonquin State Forest is a Connecticut state forest located in the towns of Colebrook and Winchester. The forest is managed for wildlife habitat and passive recreational activities. It contains two areas of special ecological importance: Sandy B ...

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Helen Binney Kitchel Oral History
1890 births 1990 deaths {{Connecticut-politician-stub Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Women state legislators in Connecticut Billboards People from Old Greenwich, Connecticut