Sarah Josepha Hale | |
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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 (aged 90) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery |
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| Spouse |
David Hale
(m. 1813; died 1822) |
| Children | 5 (including Horatio Hale) |
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.
- ^ Rose, Anne C. (2004). Voices of the Marketplace: American Thought and Culture, 1830–1860. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, p. 75, ISBN 978-0-7425-3262-5.