Edith Fishtine Helman (September 19, 1905 – March 31, 1994) was an American scholar of the Spanish Enlightenment and professor at Simmons College.
[1][2] Supported by grants and fellowships, she traveled throughout both Spain and South America, conducting research on Spanish Enlightenment thinkers and writers.
[1] A 1940 fellowship offered by Pan-American Airlines through the U.S. State Department allowed her to study at the Universidad de San Marcos in Peru.
[1] The Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship allowed her to conduct research in Spain on Spanish Enlightenment thinkers and writers in 1949 and 1950.
[2] Helman was inducted into the Hispanic Society of America in 1953, elected a fellow the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1956, and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa at Boston University in 1967.
[1][2] Helman was elected an honorary member of the National Romance Language Honor Society in 1971, and entered the Collegium of Distinguished Alumni of the College of Liberal Arts at Boston University on March 30, 1974.