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Helen Hunt Jackson (nata Helen Maria Fiske; Amherst, 15 ottobre 1830 – San Francisco, 12 agosto 1885) è stata una poetessa e scrittrice statunitense, nonché attivista in favore dei diritti dei nativi americani
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).
Helen Hunt Jackson (born October 15, 1830, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 12, 1885, San Francisco, California) was an American poet, novelist, and advocate for Indigenous rights. She was the daughter of Nathan Fiske, a professor at Amherst College in Massachusetts.
Helen Hunt Jackson. 1830–1885. Online Archive of California. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to academic Calvinist parents, poet, author, and Native American rights activist Helen Hunt Jackson (born Helen Maria Fiske) was orphaned as a child and raised by her aunt.
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–85) was an accomplished poet, author, and activist in the nineteenth century. Many of Jackson’s written works, notably A Century of Dishonor (1881) and Ramona (1884), spurred progress toward recompense for the mistreatment of the Native American peoples by the US government.
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) [5244] Anonymous, Ramona (n.d.), courtesy of the San Diego Historical Society. A committed activist for Native American rights, Helen Hunt Jackson provides an important context for understanding Indian slavery and exploitation in the California region.
Helen Hunt Jackson was responsible for the creation of a number of iconic poems during her career. Some of her most famous poems include: ‘October’s Bright Blue Weather‘ ‘Poppies on the Wheat‘ ‘Tides‘ ‘Cheyenne Mountain‘ ‘Opportunity‘ ‘Poppies on the Wheat‘ ‘The Discontented Pendulum‘ ‘God’s Light-Houses‘
