Details for Helen Knox
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5287008163
Data
| Marker Number | 8163 |
| Atlas Number | 5287008163 |
| Marker Title | Helen Knox |
| Index Entry | Knox, Helen |
| Address | 900 W. Austin St. |
| City | Giddings |
| County | Lee |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 697607 |
| UTM Northing | 3340758 |
| Subject Codes | women, women's history topics; banking; writers and poets; sports; historic preservation |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Giddings City Cemetery. Marker in temporary storage Oct. 2024. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Storage |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (1885-1959) Historian-financier. One of the few women given athletic letters (in tennis) at the University of Texas. Born in Giddings, daughter of bank president W.A. Knox, she became (1927) manager of women's accounts, Chase National Bank, New York. Known for her writings on banking, she was chairman of finance in restoration of home of Gen. Robert E. Lee; she belonged to Colonial Dames and D.A.R., and was president (1944-46), National Association of Bank Women. Recorded - 1971 |