Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen Hunt Jackson was born on October 14, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was born Helen Maria Fiske and lost both her parents as a child being raised by her aunt. Jackson was known as an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans. Known best as an author of children's books and poems during the nineteenth century, According to Lily, “Helen Hunt Jackson very rarely published under her given name, preferring instead to use such pseudonyms as H. H. and Saxe Holm.” She wanted to keep her work anonymous. Helen Hunt Jackson was a major contributor that played an important role in American History.
The parents of Helen were Nathan Welby Fiske and Deborah Vinal Fiske.
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She also had one sister, Anne Fiske, and two brothers in which both died at birth. At the age of 14, her mother died from tuberculosis in 1844 leaving Helen and Anne with their father who died shortly after in 1847 in Jerusalem while on a trip to the Holy Land, but he had provided for her education and had arranged for an aunt to care for her. While with her aunt, Jackson was sent to private schools and formed a lasting friendship with Emily Dickinson. Helen attended the highly regarded Ipswich Female Seminary and the Abbott Institute, a boarding school run by Reverend J.S.C. Abbott in New York City, receiving an excellent education for the times. When Helen grew older she performed an amazing career in poetry and writing. She was a poet, novelist and an essayist who became an advocate for Native American rights, fighting for improved treatment of the Natives by the US government. At the age of 21, Jackson married Lieutenant Edward Bissell Hunt and together they had two sons. Jackson began writing poetry after the early deaths of her husband and both of her sons. In the meantime, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in search of a cure for tuberculosis, she met the man who would become her second husband, William Sharpless Jackson. Amonette 2 According to MacLean, “Helen Hunt Jackson died of stomach cancer on August 12, 1885 in San Francisco, California.” Her husband, arranged for her burial on an acre plot on the plateau overlooking Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Later on, her grave was moved to Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado. There are many memorials in honor of Helen Hunt Jackson. The Helen Hunt Jackson Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library is a Mission/Spanish Revival style-building built in 1925. The largest collection of the papers of Helen Hunt Jackson is held at Colorado College. A high school in Hemet, California, and an elementary school in Temecula were named after her. Helen Hunt Falls, located in North Cheyenne Canyon in Colorado Springs, was named in her memory. Helen Hunt Elementary located in Colorado Springs, Colorado was also named after …show more content…
her. Helen Hunt Jackson was an inspiration to the world.
She had many contributions to the United States. According to MacLean, “She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history “A Century of Dishonor”. She was the First Woman Commissioner of Indian Affairs.” According to Ruth, “A New York Times reviewer said of Ramona that ‘by one estimate, the book has been reprinted 300 times.’” The novel has been adapted for other media, including three films, stage, and television productions. A portion of Jackson's Colorado home has also been reconstructed in the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum and furnished with her
possessions. Amonette 3 Bibliography Lily, Ruth. “Poetry Foundation.” www.peotryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/detail/helen-hunt-jackson May 2, 2017 Lily, Ruth. “PoemHunter.com” www.poemhunter.com/helen-hunt-jackson/biography/ May 2, 2017 MacLean, Maggie. “Civil War Women” www.civilwarwomenblog.com/helen-hunt-jackson/ May 1, 2017
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