About Helena Hill Weed
Lived 1875 – 1958 (aged 82–83). Helena Hill Weed was an American suffragette and geologist.
Helena Charlotte Hill Weed (; August 15, 1875 – April 20, 1958) was an American suffragist, and a member of the National Woman's Party.
She later married and changed her name to Helena Charlotte Hill Weed. this led to her arrest and she served three days in a Washington, D.C. prison. 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 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. She also wrote articles in support of Haitian independence for the magazine The Nation.
On April 20, 1958, Hill died at the age of 82.
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American suffragette and geologist
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