Back هيلين هانت جاكسون Arabic هيلين هانت جاكسون ARZ هلن هانت جکسون AZB Helen Hunt Jackson German Helen Hunt Jackson Spanish هلن هانت جکسون FA Helen Hunt Jackson Finnish Helen Hunt Jackson French Helen Hunt Jackson Italian ಹೆಲನ್ ಹಂಟ್ ಜ್ಯಾಕ್ಸನ್ KN
Helen Hunt Jackson | |
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| Born | Helen Maria Fiske October 15, 1830 Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 12, 1885 (aged 54) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Pen name | H.H. |
| Occupation | Poet, writer |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Ipswich Female Seminary Abbott Institute |
| Notable works | A Century of Dishonor (1881); Ramona (1884) |
| Spouse | Edward Bissell Hunt (m. 1852)William Sharpless Jackson
(m. 1875) |
Helen Hunt Jackson (pen name, H.H.; born Helen Maria Fiske; October 15, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her popular novel Ramona (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and attracted considerable attention to her cause. Commercially successful, it was estimated to have been reprinted 300 times, with readers liking its romantic and picturesque qualities more than its political content.[1][2] The novel was so popular that it attracted many tourists to Southern California who wanted to see places from the book.
- ^ Jackson, H.H. (1884). Ramona. New York: Harper.
- ^ DeLyser, Dydia (2005). Ramona Memories: Tourism and the Shaping of Southern California. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.