Greeley, Helen Hoy, 1879-1965

Helen Hoy Greeley (1878 to 1965), was a suffrage activist, legislative counsel, lawyer, political organizer, and worker for environmental protection. In the 1920 and 1930s Greeley was connected with the Interorganization Council on Disarmament, and the Women's Consultative Committee on Nationality created by the Council of the League of Nations.

Helen Hoy Greely; b. 20 Jan 1878, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; d. 21 Nov 1965, Virginia, USA; buried in Albany Rural Cemetary; spouse, Harold Dudley Greeley (died, 1964); parents, Charles T Hoy (1835–1922), Lucy Smith Hoy (1836–1905);

Helen Hoy Greeley was an early and significant voice for the women’s suffrage movement; born in Albany, New York in 1878, she received her law degree and began to practice in 1903; became deeply involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement; 1913 helped create the Rainbow Campaign during which five different colors of flyers were delivered to the homes of men to encourage their support for women’s suffrage; during the practice session; Perhaps her greatest achievement was her campaign in 1918-20 to obtain rank status for army nurses; late 1920s-1930s she worked for the League of Nations; retired in the 1940s as senior solicitor for the U.S. Department of the Interior; 1942 she purchased Mount Airy, Louisa County, Virginia; During the 1940s, she spent a large part of her time working for the War Department in Washington DC; Ms. Greeley died in 1965 in a Charlottesville nursing home