Sarah Josepha Hale
Novelist, Author
1788 – 1879
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Who was Sarah Josepha Hale?
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale was an American writer and an influential editor. She is the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". She 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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- Born
- Oct 24, 1788
Newport - Also known as
- Sarah Josepha Buell
- Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
- Sarah Hale
- Parents
- Spouses
- David Hale
(1813/10/23 - )
- David Hale
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 30, 1879
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on July 23, 2013
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