Helena Hill Weed
American suffragette and geologist
Helena Charlotte Hill Weed (née Hill; August 15, 1875 – April 20, 1958) was an American suffragist, and a member of the National Woman's Party.
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 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 White House carrying a banner stating: "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." this led to her arrest and she served three days in a Washington, D.C. 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 spoke, for which Helena served 15 days. 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.
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