She
was an American poet and writer. She became an activist for improved treatment
of Native Americans, who were mistreated at the hands of the U.S. government.
She detailed this mistreatment in “A Century of Dishonor,” which was published
in 1881. Three years later, in 1884, she published “Ramona,” a novel which
dramatized the mistreatment suffered by Native Americans in Southern California
after the Mexican-American War. The novel was a commercial success and helped
attract attention to her cause.
Though
she died on August 12, 1885, the works of Helen Maria Hunt Jackson live on through
her books and poetry. Happy birthday, indeed!
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