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Sarah Josepha Hale
American writer and editor (1788–1879) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book.[1] She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the American holiday known as Thanksgiving, and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.
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![]() Sarah Josepha Hale, 1831, by James Lambdin | |
Born | Sarah Josepha Buell October 24, 1788 Newport, New Hampshire |
Died | April 30, 1879(1879-04-30) (aged 90) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery |
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David Hale
(m. 1813; died 1822) |
Children | 5 (including Horatio Hale) |
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