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Jackson, Helen Hunt

(1830-1885) American writer. Ralph Waldo Emerson called Helen Hunt Jackson "the greatest woman poet." Jackson is perhaps best known for best known for "Ramona" and "A Century of Dishonor."
  1. 19th-Century Women Writers

A Student's History of American Literature
Read "A Student's History of American Literature," by Edward Simonds.

Directory - Perspectives in Am. Literature
Reference guide for teaching American literature includes a section on Jackson, with a short bio and a selected bibliography.

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