Helen Hunt Jackson
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During the 1870s, Jackson began publishing juvenile fiction with Roberts Brothers.
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Mercy Philbrick’s Choice, a fictional work published by Roberts Brothers in 1876, was noticed in numerous periodicals. She continued to publish with Roberts Brothers as more and more readers knew of “H.H.”
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She capitalized on her known name to support the Native American cause. However, for her A Century of Dishonor (1881), she chose Harper Brothers.
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When "H. H." published Ramona, her fictional work about Native Americans in 1884, she published it through Roberts Brothers. At least eleven periodicals reviewed this popular work.
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She was a contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, Galaxy, Hearth and Home, The Independent, Nation, and Scribner’s Monthly.