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Helen Hunt Jackson was a famous nineteenth-century American author whose twelve years in Colorado Springs were the most productive of her career. She arrived in 1873 an invalid in search of health, and a woman who had suffered a devastating series of losses. She was an orphan, a widow and a childless mother.
Early Life. Helen Hunt Jackson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in October 1830. Her full birth name was Helen Maria Fiske, and she was the daughter of Nathan Welby Fiske and Deborah Waterman Fiske.
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Helen Hunt Jackson, a popular American poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist was—like Dickinson—a daughter of Amherst. She was born on October 14, 1830, two months before Emily Dickinson, but it was not until later in life that she formed a friendship with the poet.
Helen Jackson Obituary. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Helen Jackson of Greenville, South Carolina, born in Andalusia, Alabama, who passed away on May 3, 2024, at the age of 99, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
Nov 4, 2019 · Helen Hunt Jackson was born Helen Marie Fiske, in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830, the same year as her friend Emily Dickinson. She was orphaned at sixteen. In 1852, she married an Army officer named Edward B. Hunt and traveled with him from fort to fort. They were together for eleven years before Edward drowned while testing a prototype submarine.
Helen Hunt Jackson shares a connection to First Lady Lucretia Garfield by way of her acquaintance with Emily Dickinson. Dickinson, the famed American poet, was fifth cousin to Lucretia, and a childhood friend of Helen Hunt Jackson. Jackson and Dickinson both pursued fictional writing and conferred with one another, sharing notes and ideas ...
