Helen Spivey

Helen Spivey (died April 20, 2022) was an American environmentalist and former member of the Florida House of Representatives. She grew up in New Jersey. In 1972 she moved to Crystal River, Florida. She was an advocate for manatees. She was a Democrat.

She was succeeded in the Florida House by Nancy Argenziano. She was known as the Manatee Lady. In 2011, Spivey's conservation work was recognized by the United States House of Representatives when Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz celebrated Spivey receiving the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2010 Regional Director’s Conservation Award.

Helen Spivey died April 20, 2020 at the age of 94.