Helen H. Gardener

Helen Hamilton Gardener
Born
Alice Chenoweth

(1853-01-23)January 23, 1853
Winchester, Virginia
DiedJuly 26, 1925(1925-07-26) (aged 72)
Washington, D.C.
Other namesHelen Hamilton Gardener
Occupation(s)Writer, lecturer, civil servant, suffragist
Years active1885–1924
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Helen Hamilton Gardener (1853–1925), born Alice Chenoweth, was an American author, rationalist public intellectual, political activist, and government functionary. Gardener produced many lectures, articles, and books during the 1880s and 1890s and is remembered today for her role in the freethought and women's suffrage movements and for her place as a pioneering woman in the top echelon of the American civil service.

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