Sarah Josepha Hale Writer

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer and an influential editor. She is 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.

Personal facts

Sarah Josepha Hale
Birth dateOctober 24, 1788
Birth place
Newport New Hampshire
Date of deathApril 30, 1879
Place of death
Philadelphia

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  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=UeCuAAAACAAJ&dq=To+My+Countrywomen:+The+Life+of+Sarah+Josepha+Hale&client=firefox-a
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=WXK1AAAAIAAJ&q=A+History+of+American+Magazines&dq=A+History+of+American+Magazines&client=firefox-a&pgis=1
  3. http://books.google.com/books?id=_2NAAAAAIAAJ&q=The+Lady+of+Godey%27s&dq=The+Lady+of+Godey%27s&client=firefox-a&pgis=1
  4. http://books.google.com/books?id=cbtZAAAAMAAJ&q=Domesticity+with+a+Difference:+The+Nonfiction+of+Catharine+Beecher,+Sarah+J.+Hale,+Fanny+Fern,+and+Margaret+Fuller&dq=Domesticity+with+a+Difference:+The+Nonfiction+of+Catharine+Beecher,+Sarah+J.+Hale,+Fanny+Fern,+and+Margaret+Fuller&client=firefox-a&pgis=1
  5. http://books.google.com/books?id=hq0iAAAACAAJ&dq=Sarah+Josepha+Hale:+A+New+England+Pioneer,+1788-1879&client=firefox-a
  6. http://books.google.com/books?id=o4VrAAAACAAJ&dq=Sarah+Josepha+Hale:+The+Life+and+Times+of+a+Nineteenth-Century+Woman&client=firefox-a
  7. http://books.google.com/books?id=qe-TAAAACAAJ&dq=thank+you+sarah&client=firefox-a
  8. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00027069
  9. http://www.backstoryradio.org
  10. http://www.backstoryradio.org/2009/05/the-mother-of-thanksgiving