Helen Whitaker Fowle Knight | |
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First Lady of North Carolina | |
In role January 17, 1889 – April 7, 1891 | |
Governor | Daniel Gould Fowle |
Preceded by | Catherine Bullock Henderson Scales |
Succeeded by | Louisa Matilda Moore Holt |
Personal details | |
Born | Helen Whitaker Fowle June 14, 1869 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
Died | May 4, 1948 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 78)
Resting place | Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Thomas Duerson Knight
(m. 1891) |
Children | 2, including Duerson Knight |
Parent(s) | Daniel Gould Fowle Mary Eagles Haywood |
Education | Saint 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.