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Helen Muir (1911-2006) was an American reporter and author. Her full name was Helen Teresa Eucharia Flaherty Lennehan Muir. She was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 1984.

Family background
Muir was born in Bronx, New York, named for her mother, Helen Teresa Flaherty. She credited her grandfather, John Henry Augustine Flaherty with teaching her how to read at a very young age. She was of Irish descent, and her maternal great-grandfather, Geoffrey O'Flaherty of Waterford, and great-grandmother Katherine Fitzgerald of County Clare, had left Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine. The family stopped using the "O" and was later known as "Flaherty."

Professional history
She moved to Miami, Florida in 1934. She wrote about Florida as a columnist for the Universal Service syndicate from 1935 to 1938 and for the Miami News and the Miami Herald until 1965. She also wrote freelance articles and books.

Library service
Muir chaired the State Library Advisory Council and helped lead the organization of the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Her papers are collected at the University of Miami.

Personal
She was married to William "Bill" Whalley Muir, a real estate attorney originally from Oregon, and had three children. She died on February 14, 2006.

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