Janette Hill Knox

Janette Hill Knox (January 24, 1845 – July 28, 1920) was an American temperance reformer, suffragist, teacher, author and editor. She served as President of the New Hampshire State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

Early life and education Janette Hill was born in Londonderry, Vermont, January 24, 1845. She was the daughter of Lewis Hill, a reverend of the Vermont Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her mother's maiden name was Olive Marsh. Hill was reared in a quiet New England clerical home.

Hill went to school in the various towns to which her father's itinerant assignments took the family, including Vermont public schools. Her education also included at the Vermont Methodist Seminary, Montpelier, Vt. (L.L.A. 1869) (now, Vermont College of Fine Arts), Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas (A.B.), Boston University (A.M. 1879), and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania (Ph.D.). From 1904, she was also managing editor of its official organ, Our Message. She wrote frequently for religious and temperance periodicals. having been accompanied there by Nettie and Olive for a vacation.

Selected works Justa Hamlin's Vocation, 1902