Helen Hunt Jackson USA Old Politicial Activist Book Author Photo Postcard

WHD  This is a rarely found undated but modern origin published postcard featuring Helen Hunt Jackson historic 1800s poet writer and activist which this beautiful rare collectors souvenir also has full details of her history and achievements on reverse unused and mint.

".. Helen Hunt Jackson (October 15, 1830 August 12, 1885) was an American poet and writer who became an activist for improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her popular novel Ramona (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican American War and attracted considerable attention to her cause. Commercially successful, it was estimated to have been reprinted 300 times, with readers liking its romantic and picturesque qualities more than its political content. The novel was so popular that it attracted many tourists to Southern California who wanted to see places from the book.."