Florence Bayard Hilles

Florence Bayard Hilles (1865–1954) was an American suffragist, one of the founders of the National Woman's Party.

[1] After hearing Mabel Vernon speak at the Delaware State Fair in 1913, she joined the suffrage movement.

[2][3] In 1914, Hilles was voted to be the head of the Delaware Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage chapter.

During her presidency, division between the Congressional Union and the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association emerged.

Sixteen women, including Hilles, Annie Arniel, and Dora Lewis, were arrested on July 14, 1917. sent to Occoquan Virginia Workhouse.