Jackson, Helen, 1890-1987

Helen Jackson (the first daughter of William Sharpless Jackson and Helen Fiske Banfield Jackson) graduated in 1912 from Vassar and in 1915 from Colorado College. During WWI , she volunteered for the Red Cross. Helen taught at the private school, Shady Hill and Fessenden, near Boston. After retiring in1942, Helen returned to Colorado Springs to manage the family house at 228 East Kiowa St. She became active in local organizations such as the Tuesday Club, El Paso Club (for awhile the sole woman member) and Friends of the Pioneer Museum. She wrote Rhymes for the Times, a short compilation of poetry and worked on a pamphlet and film on Helen Hunt Jackson and the Jackson House in Colorado Springs. Helen Jackson died in 1988.