Helen H. Green

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Helen H. Green was an American politician and temperance activist. Green and Marie Remington Wing were the first women elected to Cleveland City Council.[1] She was elected to the 4th District[2] as a Republican in 1923, serving until 1927. Green was president of the Cuyahoga County Women’s Christian Temperance Union.[3][4] She advocated for stronger enforcement of dry laws.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Becker, Thea Gallo (2004). Cleveland, 1796-1929. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-3267-7.
  2. ^ The Cleveland Year Book. Cleveland Foundation. 1928.
  3. ^ The World's Work: A History of Our Time. Doubleday, Doran. 1923.
  4. ^ ""The Women Who Would Be Mayor" by Marian Morton – Teaching Cleveland Digital". 2 March 2015.
  5. ^ Judiciary, United States Congress Senate Committee on the (1926). The National Prohibition Law. U.S. Government Printing Office.