Helena Hill

Overview

Helena Hill Weed born Norwalk, CT August 15, 1875 (d. 1958). Suffragist; one of first women geologists. Arrested three times; jailed three days for banner quoting Declaration of Independence: “GOVERNMENTS DERIVE THEIR JUST POWER FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.” Sentenced to six months at Occoquan Prison workhouse, 1918. Anti-imperialist Secretary Haiti-Santo Domingo Independence Society. Founded Women’s Press Club.

Quotations

“How Haiti was reduced to the state of a conquered province; how the process was prepared in Washington long before intervention began; how little excuse there was for American intervention, and how little America has accomplished there apart from killing Haitians—these things have become a matter of public record.” (Nation, Nov. 9, 1921; photo suffragist memorial)