After the death of her close friend and collaborator Stina Quint, Hellström became more politically active in the conservative Allmänna valmansförbundet.
[1][2][3] Born in Nyköping on 21 August 1866, Elin Sofia Elisabeth Kullberg was the daughter of the bookshop owner Emil Gustaf Theodor Kullberg (1835–1897) and his wife Jenny Rosalie Leontina née Krogh (1843–1922).
[4] Lilly Kullberg attended Nyköping Elementary Girls' School where she later worked as a teacher from 1885 to 1889.
It became a popular meeting place for writers, artists, suffragettes and local politicians.
From 1917, Hellström developed the suffrage association Moderata Kvinnors Rösträttsförening in collaboration with the national LKPR organization.