Helen Marr Hurd (February 2, 1839 – May 4, 1909) was an American teacher and poet of the long nineteenth century.

Living with severe myopia, she taught in thirty schools—until her eyes made teaching impossible.

[1][2] Helen Marr Hurd was born in Harmony, Maine, February 2, 1839,[3] and was one of a family of six girls and a boy.

[4][5] Hurd taught in some thirty schools—until compelled by increased trouble with her eyes to retire.

[7][5] She died May 4, 1909, in Saint Albans, Maine, and is buried in the Libby Cemetery, in Harmony.