Helen Binney Kitchel (September 9, 1890 - February 11, 1990) was an American politician. She is best known for her fight against billboards. 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.
Helen Binney Kitchel Natural Park was named after her, as is a holly grove at Greenwich Point beach. In 1961 Kitchel gave the state of Connecticut a tract of land that forms what is now called Algonquin State Forest.
References
- The World of Helen Binney Kitchel
- Woodside, Chris (December 15, 2015). "Helen Binney Kitchel | Chris Woodside". chriswoodside.com. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- "Kitchel Family visits Pan-American Exposition in 1901". Greenwich Historical Society. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- Franco, Chris (March 15, 2020). "Trailblazing Women of Greenwich Point". Greenwich Sentinel. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- "Mrs. Kitchel gives state 500-acre tract". Hartford Courant. 1961-07-06. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
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