Eleanora (or Eleanor) Clare Gibson Houston (/ˈhaʊstən/ HOW-stən;[1] June 24, 1883 – February 20, 1942)[2][3] was an American painter, women's rights advocate, and suffragist.

She believed that giving women the right to vote would lead to needed reforms in education, family welfare, and public health.

[3] In 1909, Houston (with Clark and other activists like Lila Meade Valentine and Mary Johnston) helped found the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.

Houston used her artistic skills to design signs, pamphlets, and parade floats to help the league raise awareness about women's suffrage.

As people crowded around them to observe their painting and drawing, Houston and Clark would begin speaking about women's suffrage.

[1][3] Houston and Clark worked with black suffragists in Richmond, like Ora Brown Stokes Perry, to ensure that the city's African American women could vote in the 1920 United States Presidential Election "without incident".

[1] In the late 1930s, Houston, Clark, and others established the Craig House in Richmond's downtown as a place for African American artists to create and exhibit their work.

[3] After an illness lasting several weeks, Houston died on February 20, 1942, at her home, 416 West Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia.

[14] Houston's name is featured on the Wall of Honor on the Virginia Women's Monument, located in Capitol Square in Richmond.