Introduction

Biography

Helen was the daugh­ter of Ric­hard B. Cad­bu­ry and Em­ma Jane Wil­son, and wife of Charles Al­ex­an­der (mar­ried 1904), song lead­er for ev­an­gel­ist Reu­ben A. Tor­rey. Charles died in 1920, and she mar­ried Am­zi C. Dix­on in 1924.

Helen was an heir to the Cad­bu­ry cho­co­late for­tune.

She at­tend­ed uni­ver­si­ty and stu­died mu­sic and lang­uage in Ger­ma­ny. In 1893, she found­ed what would be­come the Pock­et Tes­ta­ment League.

Works

• Richard Cad­bu­ry of Birm­ing­ham (Lon­don: Hod­der and Stough­ton, 1906)
• Charles M. Al­ex­an­der: A Ro­mance of Song and Soul Win­ning, with J. Ken­ne­dy Mac­lean, 1921
• A. C. Dix­on, a Ro­mance of Preach­ing