Whittier, Helen Augusta, 1846-1925.

The daughter of Moses and Lucinda (Blood) Whittier, Helen Augusta Whittier was born in Lowell, Mass., where her father ran Whittier Mills. She attended Lowell High School and Lasell Seminary (in Auburndale, Mass.), and taught china painting at the Lowell Evening Drawing School. She was also a founder of a club of 15 friends known as XV, a group that pursued home-study courses under the guidance of Anna E. Ticknor. Whittier went on to be an active member of many organizations, including the Middlesex Women's Club of Lowell, the New England Women's Club, and the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs. For further biographical information, see the Records of the New England Women's Club at the Schlesinger Library.