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Helena Charlotte Hill Weed (; August 15, 1875April 20, 1958) was an American
suffragist Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...
, and a member of the
National Women's Party The National Woman's Party (NWP) was an American women's political organization formed in 1916 to fight for women's suffrage. After achieving this goal with the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the NW ...
.Suffragist of the Month
 She was one of the first American female geologists.


Biography

Helena Charlotte Hill was born on August 15 1875, to Connecticut congressman
Ebenezer J. Hill Ebenezer J. Hill (August 4, 1845 – September 27, 1917) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 18 ...
and Mary Eileen Mossman. She later married and changed her name to Helena Charlotte Hill Weed. On July 4, 1917, the anniversary of the United States' independence, Hill picketed outside the
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carrying a banner stating: "Governments derive their just powers from the
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."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 ...
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prison. 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 Elsie Hill (September 23, 1883 – August 6, 1970) was an American suffragist, as were her sisters Clara and Helena Hill. Biography She was the daughter of Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill and Mary Eileen Mossman. Hill graduated from Vassar College ...
spoke, for which Helena served 15 days.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)
/ref> Her other sister Clara Hill was also a suffragist. 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 Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely foll ...
and the Montana School of Mines. 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.After the Vote Was Won: The Later Achievements of Fifteen Suffragists - Katherine H. Adams, Michael L. Keene - Google Books
/ref> She also wrote articles in support of Haitian independence for the magazine ''
The Nation ''The Nation'' is an American liberal biweekly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper t ...
''. On April 20, 1958, Hill died at the age of 82.


See also

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List of suffragists and suffragettes This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the public ...
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Timeline of women's suffrage Women's suffrage – the right of women to vote – has been achieved at various times in countries throughout the world. In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, so women and men from certain classes or races w ...
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Elsie Hill Elsie Hill (September 23, 1883 – August 6, 1970) was an American suffragist, as were her sisters Clara and Helena Hill. Biography She was the daughter of Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill and Mary Eileen Mossman. Hill graduated from Vassar College ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Helena 1875 births 1958 deaths Activists from Connecticut American women geologists American suffragists 20th-century American geologists Place of birth missing