"Happy Thanksgiving... and a Special Thanks to Sarah Josepha Buell Hale!" and related posts

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Chick with Books

If we think back to 1842, it was Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, editor (she preferred editress) of the popular nineteenth century publication Godey's Lady's Book, who first lobbied president Abraham Lincoln for a national Thanksgiving Day.
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