Jackson, Helen [Maria] Hunt
Jackson, Helen [Maria] Hunt( 1830–85),was born at Amherst, Mass., and in 1863 began to write poetry for publication, which was collected in Verses by H.H. (1870) and Sonnets and Lyrics (1886). Later she wrote a travel book, children's books, many magazine contributions, and several novels. A Century of Dishonor (1881) is a historical account of governmental injustice in the treatment of the Indians, and her indictment was stated even more strongly in the romance Ramona (1884), inspired by her work in a government investigation of the Mission Indians. Her novel Mercy Philbrick's Choice (1876) is said to be a fictional study of her friend Emily Dickinson. Many of her early writings were published under the pseudonym Saxe Holm.
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