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Helen Hunt Jackson By: Megan, Kyle, and Jessica

-Helen Hunt Jackson was born on October 15, 1831

-Her maiden name was Helen Friske and she was born in Amherst, Massachusetts.

-Helen was best friend with author Emily Dickinson.

-Her mother died when she was 12, and her Father died when she was 15.

-She married Captain Edward Hunt at the age of 21, but was killed during the Civil War, while working on the one-man submarine he had invented.

-Her first son died in infancy, and hersecond son died at the age of nine from diphtheria.

-As a widow coming back into society, she began to write poetry for self-support and therapy.

-Helen Hunt Jackson’s pen name was “Saxe Holm”. She published many of her poems under this name.

-In 1875 she remarried. After marrying William Jackson, she then moved to Colorado.

-She dedicated herself to Indian reform in the last 5 years of her life.

-She battled for better treatment of the American Indian.

-Helen died in 1885 at the age of 54.

Helen Hunt Jackson’s Indian Work Jackson, Helen Hunt, became best known for her efforts to secure justice for the American Indians. In A Century of Dishonor (1881), she documented the history of the United States government's mismanagement of Indian affairs. She presented a copy of the book to every member of Congress. She then became special commissioner to investigate conditions of the Indians living in the California missions. In her novel Ramona (1884), Jackson dramatized the mistreatment of the mission Indians.

Helen’s Poetry -A Calendar of Sonnets: April -A Calendar of Sonnets: August -A Calendar of Sonnets: December -A Calendar of Sonnets: February -A Calendar of Sonnets: January -A Calendar of Sonnets: July -A Calendar of Sonnets: June -A Calendar of Sonnets: March -A Calendar of Sonnets: May -A Calendar of Sonnets: November -A Calendar of Sonnets: October -A Calendar of Sonnets: September -A Dream -A Last Prayer -An Arctic Quest -At Last -Best -Chance -Coronation -Crossed Threads -Danger -Death -Doubt -Emigravit -Forgiven -Freedom -God's Light-Houses -Habeas Corpus -Morn -My Bees: An Allegory -My Strawberry -My Tenants -New Year's Morning -October's Bright Blue Weather -Poppies on the Wheat -Refrain -September -Silence Again -Songs of Battle -Spinning -The Fir-Tree abd the Brook -The Poet's Forge -The Victory of the Patience -Tides -To an Absent Lover -Tryst -Two Truths -Unto One Who Lies at Rest -Where?

God’s Light Houses By: Helen Hunt Jackson 1 When night falls on the earth, the sea 2 From east to west lies twinkling bright 3 With shining beams from beacons high 4 Which flash afar a friendly light.

5 The sailor's eyes, like eyes in prayer, 6 Turn unto them for guiding ray: 7 If storms obscure their radiance; 8 The great ships helpless grope their way.

9 When night falls on the earth, the sky 10 Looks like a wide, a boundless main. 11 Who knows what voyagers sail there? 12 Who names the ports they seek and gain?

13 Are not the stars like beacons set 14 To guide the argosies that go 15 From universe to universe, 16 Our little world above, below?--

17 On their great errands solemn bent, 18 In their vast journeys unaware 19 Of our small planet's name or place 20 Revolving in the lower air.

21 O thought too vast! O thought too glad! 22 An awe most rapturous it stirs. 23 From world to world God’s beacons shine: 24 God means to save his mariners!

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Hunt Jackson, Helen. "God's Light-Houses ." Famous Poets and Poems. Famous Poets and Poems, 2010. Web. 26 Jan 2011. []. (Posted By, Jessica)

Sky, Doris. "Helen Hunt Jackson." Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, April 9, 2009. Web. 26 Jan 2011. []. (Posted by Jessica)

WashWashington State University - Pullman, Washington. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. **http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/jackson.html**.