Helen Whitaker Fowle Knight

Helen Whitaker Fowle Knight
First Lady of North Carolina
In role
January 17, 1889 – April 7, 1891
GovernorDaniel Gould Fowle
Preceded byCatherine Bullock Henderson Scales
Succeeded byLouisa Matilda Moore Holt
Personal details
Born
Helen Whitaker Fowle

(1869-06-14)June 14, 1869
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 1948(1948-05-04) (aged 78)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Resting placeCave Hill Cemetery
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Thomas Duerson Knight
(m. 1891)
Children2, including Duerson Knight
Parent(s)Daniel Gould Fowle
Mary Eagles Haywood
EducationSaint Mary's School

Helen Whitaker Fowle Knight (June 14, 1869 – May 4, 1948) was an American political hostess. When her widowed father, Daniel Gould Fowle, became Governor of North Carolina in 1889, she served as the state's First Lady. She was the first North Carolinian first lady to live in the North Carolina Executive Mansion.