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Second daughter of a renown renaissance writer, Charles W. Chestnutt. Her older sister was Ethel Chesnutt. Her mother Was Susan Perry Chesnutt. She was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Her entire Family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she grew up.

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She went to Central High School, which had a strong focus on traditional education. She took classics classes there. It was also the first free high school west of the  Alleghenies.

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Earned her B.A. from Smith College in 1902

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Earned her B.A. from Smith College in 1902

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She was a roommate with her sister and was the third black student to graduate from Smith. She studied Latin and Greek.

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She was a substitute teacher from 1902-1904

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She was a substitute teacher from 1902-1904

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She returned to her old high school after graduating from Smith to teacher as a substitute.

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In 1905 She became a full time teacher. 

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In 1905 She became a full time teacher. 

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She started working as a full-time Biology teacher in 1905 at Central High School.

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In 1910 she switched to teaching Algebra and Latin at Central High School.

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She joined the American Philological Association in 1920

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She joined the American Philological Association in 1920

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We believe she was the first black woman to do so.

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She started her graduate work in Western Reserve University. She earned her M.A in Latin from Columbia University.

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She co-authored a Latin textbook entitled The Road to Latin, which was published in 1932. It was very successful and published over and over again.

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Helen Maria Chesnutt had a long teaching career, which ended in 1943. She had many amazing student, maybe most notable Langston Hughes.

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In 1952, she wrote a biography of her father. 

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In 1952, she wrote a biography of her father. 

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She wrote her father's biography, "Charles Waddell Chesnutt: Pioneer of the Color Line"

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She was buried in her families cemetery, Lake View Cleveland.