Helen Augusta Howard

[2][3] Howard's father died when she has younger so her mother had difficulties paying for the taxes on Sherwood Hall.

[5] In 1890, Miss Howard, her mother, and her sisters organized the Georgia Woman Suffrage Association (GWSA).

[3][6] The purpose of the association was to make people more aware of the inequality in voting practices and not to directly affect legislation.

In 1894, Howard spoke at the National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in Washington, D.C., and convinced the delegates to have the next convention in Atlanta.

[1] After the Atlanta convention in 1895, Susan B. Anthony came to visit Columbus and the Howard sisters at Sherwood Hall.

[7] Her tombstone, erected by friends, reads "Altruist, Artist, Philosopher, and Philanthropist" under her name and "MARTYRED" in very large letters at the bottom.