Helen Varick Boswell

Helen Varick Boswell (July 6, 1869 – January 5, 1942) was a prominent figure in the Woman's National Republican Association and the General Federation of Women's Clubs.

Life Boswell was born on July 6, 1869, in Baltimore, Maryland. She settled in New York City where she became the protégée of J. Ellen Foster.

In 1895 Boswell became chairman of the Woman's Republican Association of New York State. In 1907 she traveled to the Panama Canal Zone under the auspices of then Secretary of War William Howard Taft, where she worked to organize women's clubs for the wives and daughters of American employees.

In 1910 Foster died and Boswell became president of the Woman's National Republican Association. She took over the responsibilities of campaigning for Republican candidates, specifically presidential candidates Taft and Charles Evans Hughes. Additionally she served a delegate to the Republican National Conventions from 1920 through 1932. and the 1922 publication The History of Woman Suffrage.

Death Boswell died on January 5, 1942.

Publications Women and Prison Labor, 1913 Promoting Americanization, 1916