Background
She was the daughter of Connecticut congressman Ebenezer Hill.
She was the daughter of Connecticut congressman Ebenezer Hill.
She was among the American suffragists who picketed the White House, and on July 4th, 1917 she became one of the first women to be arrested for doing such, while carrying a banner stating, "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." She served three days in prison in Washington, District of Columbia, for this. She was arrested again in January 1918 for applauding in court, for which she served a day in jail. Aside from 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 also wrote articles in support of Haitian independence for the magazine The Nation.
She was also a founding member of the Women's National Press Club and a vice-president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as the national secretary of the Haiti-Santo Domingo Independence Society.