Helen Timmons Henderson | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Russell and Buchanan | |
| In office January 9, 1924 – July 12, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | John White Stuart John H. Stinson |
| Succeeded by | Isaac C. Boyd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Helen Timmons May 23, 1877 Cass, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 12, 1925 (aged 48) Jefferson, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Robert Anderson Henderson |
| Alma mater | Carson–Newman College |
Helen Timmons Henderson (May 23, 1877 – July 12, 1925) was a schoolteacher and politician from Virginia. She was the first woman ever to be nominated for the Virginia House of Delegates; with Sarah Lee Fain, in 1923, she was one of the first two women elected to that body, and to the Virginia General Assembly as a whole.