Sarah Josepha Hale

Sarah Josepha Hale

(1788–1879) writer United States

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Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879) was a United States writer.

About Sarah Josepha Hale

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale 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. She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the American Thanksgiving holiday and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.

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Mary had a little lamb

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