Helen Hunt Jackson
American poet and writer
Helen Hunt Jackson 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... Wikipedia
Born: October 15, 1830, Amherst, MA
Died: August 12, 1885 (age 54 years), San Francisco, CA
Spouse: William Sharpless Jackson (m. 1875–1885) and Captain Edward Bissell Hunt (m. 1852–1863)
Children: Rennie Hunt and Murray Hunt
Parents: Deborah Waterman Vinal Fisk and Nathan Welby Fiske
Alma mater: Ipswich Female Seminary; Abbott Institute
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