Legacy and Honors
- She bequeathed $450,000 at her death to a variety of causes: missions, churches, schools, and hospitals, the equivalent of $7.33 million in 2010.
- 1995, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School started the annual Helen Barrett Montgomery Conference on Women in Church and Society.
- Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School is establishing The Helen Barrett Montgomery Endowed Fund for the Program for the Study of Women and Gender in Church and Society, named in honor of her life and work.
- An elementary school in Rochester was named in her honor.
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