Helen Binney Kitchel

Helen Binney Kitchel (September 9, 1890 - February 11, 1990) was an American politician. She is best known for her fight against billboards.[1] She was elected in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1931 to 1939. She was the first woman in Connecticut to have a bill named after her.

Kitchel was born on September 9, 1890, in Old Greenwich to parents Edwin Binney and Alice Stead Binney. She attended the Catherine Aiken School in Stamford. She married Allan Farrand Kitchel 1909.[2]

Helen Binney Kitchel Natural Park was named after her.

References
  1. The World of Helen Binney Kitchel
  2. "Kitchel Family visits Pan-American Exposition in 1901". Greenwich Historical Society. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2021-10-16.


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