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Hammond was the state chairperson of the Women’s Committee for the Council of National Defense during [[World War I]]. In the early 1830s, she tried to bring about defeat for both [[U.S. Senator]]s John Holmes Overton, Sr. (1875-1948) and [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], whom she accused of election fraud. In November 1933, she testified before the United States Senate Investigating Committee. She was the founder and first chairman of the Women's Committee of Louisiana, a reform organization which advocated honest government and ridding the state of the Long regime. In 1934, the year before Huey Long's assassination, she published the pamphlet, ''Is the Senate Afraid of Huey Long?'' In 1936, she authored the book entitled ''Let Freedom Ring,'' which details her endeavors for reform. In the late 1920s, Hammond contributed a weekly column to ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' which blended historical stories with her classic New Orleans recipes. She also hosted a news commentary program on several [[radio]] stations in New Orleans.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Hammond, Hilda Phelps|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>'''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses these sources for the article on Hilda Hammond: Pamela Tyler, ''Silk Stockings and the Ballot Box: Women and Politics in New Orleans, 1920-1965'' (1996), and ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' obituary, October 21, 23, 1951.</ref>

Hammond was the state chairperson of the Women’s Committee for the Council of National Defense during [[World War I]]. In the early 1830s, she tried to bring about defeat for both [[U.S. Senator]]s John Holmes Overton, Sr. (1875-1948) and [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], whom she accused of election fraud. In November 1933, she testified before the United States Senate Investigating Committee. She was the founder and first chairman of the Women's Committee of Louisiana, a reform organization which advocated honest government and ridding the state of the Long regime. In 1934, the year before Huey Long's assassination, she published the pamphlet, ''Is the Senate Afraid of Huey Long?'' In 1936, she authored the book entitled ''Let Freedom Ring,'' which details her endeavors for reform. In the late 1920s, Hammond contributed a weekly column to ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' which blended historical stories with her classic New Orleans recipes. She also hosted a news commentary program on several [[radio]] stations in New Orleans.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Hammond, Hilda Phelps|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>'''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses these sources for the article on Hilda Hammond: Pamela Tyler, ''Silk Stockings and the Ballot Box: Women and Politics in New Orleans, 1920-1965'' (1996), and ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' obituary, October 21, 23, 1951.</ref>

In 1917, at Trinity [[Episcopal]] Church in New Orleans, Hilda Phelps wed [[Pennsylvania]] native Arthur Browne Hammond, Sr. (1890-1963), an [[attorney]] whom Huey Long subsequently fired in 1930 from the New Orleans Dock Board, an action which galvanized Hilda Hammond to fight the Long regime. Arthur outlived his wife by twelve years and died the day after the assassination of [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. The couple had four children, Arthur Hammond, Jr.; John Phelps Hammond, Sr.; Blanche Hammond Scott (1920-1985), the wife of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], and Mrs. William North.<ref name=lahist/> Hammond had a brother, Esmond Phelps (1888-1950), who was born two years before his sister and died the year preceding her death.<ref name=findagrave/> One of her grandsons, [[Jock Scott]], was an attorney and college [[professor]] who represented Rapides Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976 to 1988. He was four years of age when his grandmother died. Another grandson, John Phelps Hammonds, Jr. (1961-2017), worked in the financial services industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakelawn.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/John-Phelps-Hammond-105447343|title=John Phelps Hammond, Jr.|publisher=Lakelawn.tributes.com|date=November 2017|accessdate=May 4, 2020}}</ref>

In 1917, at Trinity [[Episcopal]] Church in New Orleans, Hilda Phelps wed [[Pennsylvania]] native Arthur Browne Hammond, Sr. (1890-1963), an [[attorney]] whom Huey Long subsequently fired in 1930 from the New Orleans Dock Board, an action which galvanized Hilda Hammond to fight the Long regime. Arthur outlived his wife by twelve years and died the day after the assassination of [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. The couple had four children, Arthur Hammond, Jr.; John Phelps Hammond, Sr.; Blanche Hammond Scott (1920-1985), the wife of U.S. District Judge Nauman Steele Scott (1916-2001) of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], and Mrs. William North.<ref name=lahist/> Hammond had a brother, Esmond Phelps (1888-1950), who was born two years before his sister and died the year preceding her death.<ref name=findagrave/> One of her grandsons, [[Jock Scott]], was an attorney and college [[professor]] who represented Rapides Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976 to 1988. He was four years of age when his grandmother died. Another grandson, John Phelps Hammond, Jr. (1961-2017), worked in the financial services industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakelawn.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/John-Phelps-Hammond-105447343|title=John Phelps Hammond, Jr.|publisher=Lakelawn.tributes.com|date=November 2017|accessdate=May 4, 2020}}</ref>

Hilda Hammond died in New Orleans at the age of sixty-one. She and her husband are interred at Metaire Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref name=findagrave/>

Hilda Hammond died in New Orleans at the age of sixty-one. She and her husband are interred at Metaire Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref name=findagrave/>