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Also Known As Helen Maria Hunt Jackson • Helen Maria Fiske
Born October 15, 1830 • Amherst • Massachusetts
Died August 12, 1885 (aged 54) • San Francisco • California
Notable Works “Ramona”
Subjects Of Study civil rights

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Helen Hunt Jackson, wood engraving from Century Magazine, 1885
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