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Aug 23, 2019 · Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet and writer who advocated for Native Americans. Born Helen Marie Fiske on October 15, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusettes. Fiske’s mother passed away by the time Helen was fourteen and her father three years later. Her father had put away money for her education.
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830 - 1885) Poet and reformer Helen Maria Fiske was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to an intellectual family: her mother was a writer and her father a minister and professor.
Novelist, travel writer, and essayist Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) was one of the most successful authors and most passionate intellects of her day. Ralph Waldo Emerson also regarded her as one of America's greatest poets. Today Jackson is best remembered for Ramona, a romantic novel set in the rural Southern Californian Indian and Californio communities of her day.
Helen Hunt Jackson. (1830–85). Widely recognized for her poetry, which drew the praise of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and essays, Helen Hunt Jackson was best known for her novel Ramona, which dramatized the plight of Native Americans in the hope of provoking social action. She was born Helen Maria Fiske on Oct. 18, 1830, in Amherst, Mass.
Helen Hunt Jackson: A Lonely Voice of Conscience . San Francisco, Chronicle Press, 1987. This is a complete bibliography of Helen Hunt Jackson’s life from early childhood to her death. May’s ...
Helen Hunt Jackson. Helen Maria Hunt Jackson ( 18 de outubro de 1830, Amherst — 12 de agosto de 1885, San Francisco) foi uma escritora estadunidense mais conhecida por seu livro Ramona, um romance sobre os maus-tratos infligidos aos nativos estadunidenses na Califórnia Meridional .
