Helen Bennett was an American journalist, feminist, businesswoman, and writer who organized the four women's world's fairs of the 1920s. She was proprietor and editor of the Hot Springs (South Dakota) Herald, was a journalist for the Chicago Record-Herald, and was the author of "Women and Work". She served as manager of the Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations and is credited with envisioning the Woman's World's Fair with Ruth Hanna McCormick.
For four years, beginning in 1925, Helen organized the Woman's World Fair, which was organized exclusively by women. The fair had the double purpose of displaying women's ideas, work, and products, and raising funds to help support women's Republican Party organizations. It was so successful that she was put in charge of the Social Science Building at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. It was, at that time, an unusual honor for a woman to be placed in a position of authority of that nature.
For four years, beginning in 1925, Helen organized the Woman's World Fair, which was organized exclusively by women. The fair had the double purpose of displaying women's ideas, work, and products, and raising funds to help support women's Republican Party organizations. It was so successful that she was put in charge of the Social Science Building at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. It was, at that time, an unusual honor for a woman to be placed in a position of authority of that nature.
Helen Bennett was an American journalist, feminist, businesswoman, and writer who organized the four women's world's fairs of the 1920s. She was proprietor and editor of the Hot Springs (South Dakota) Herald, was a journalist for the Chicago Record-Herald, and was the author of "Women and Work". She served as manager of the Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations and is credited with envisioning the Woman's World's Fair with Ruth Hanna McCormick.
For four years, beginning in 1925, Helen organized the Woman's World Fair, which was organized exclusively by women. The fair had the double purpose of displaying women's ideas, work, and products, and raising funds to help support women's Republican Party organizations. It was so successful that she was put in charge of the Social Science Building at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. It was, at that time, an unusual honor for a woman to be placed in a position of authority of that nature.
For four years, beginning in 1925, Helen organized the Woman's World Fair, which was organized exclusively by women. The fair had the double purpose of displaying women's ideas, work, and products, and raising funds to help support women's Republican Party organizations. It was so successful that she was put in charge of the Social Science Building at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. It was, at that time, an unusual honor for a woman to be placed in a position of authority of that nature.
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