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Jackson, Helen Hunt
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Jackson, Helen (Maria) Hunt (b. Fiske) (Saxe Holm; H. H., pen names) (1830–85) writer, poet; born in Amherst, Mass. She was schooled briefly in Massachusetts and New York City, and was a neighbor and good friend of Emily Dickinson. She married Edward Hunt (1852). Following his death (1863), she turned to writing poetry, stories, and essays. She married William Jackson (1875) and they settled in Colorado Springs, Colo. She is best known for her novel Ramona (1884), an indictment of the U.S. government's treatment of Native Americans.


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Helen Hunt Jackson, famous for her novel Ramona, is less well known for the extensive writing she did to champion the cause of the Native Americans who, in her view, were being badly mistreated by the US Government.
It came from Helen Hunt Jackson, A Century of Dishonor (1881).
Byline: Amy Raisin Staff Writer NEWHALL - Inspired by her friend and fellow author Harriet Beecher Stowe, Helen Hunt Jackson campaigned for the rights of American Indians in the late 1800s and chose a local rancho for the setting of her now-famous novel ``Ramona.
 
 
 
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