# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bettiola-heloise-fortson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:13:33.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bettiola-heloise-fortson"
name: "Bettiola Heloise Fortson"
slug: "bettiola-heloise-fortson"
description: "Bettiola Heloise Fortson was an African-American poet, essayist, activist and suffragist. Fortson was one of the first African-American people in the Midwestern United States to write and publish a book."
tagline: "African American poet and civil right activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bettiola_Heloise_Fortson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1890-12-29"
deathDate: "1917-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.1
  momentum:             1.081081081081081
  historical:           5.268142666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%A9%D5%AB%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A1_%D5%80%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D5%96%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Բեթիոլա Հելոիս Ֆորթսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettiola_Heloise_Fortson"
    title: "Bettiola Heloise Fortson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettiola_H%C3%A9lo%C3%AFse_Fortson"
    title: "Bettiola Héloïse Fortson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettiola_Heloise_Fortson"
    title: "Bettiola Heloise Fortson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettiola_Heloise_Fortson"
    title: "Bettiola Heloise Fortson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%93%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC_%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਬੇਟੀਓਲਾ ਹੈਲੋਇਜ਼ ਫੋਰਟਸਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49380549"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump