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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]
The nursery rhyme was first published by the Boston publishing firm Marsh, Capen & Lyon, as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale on May 24, 1830, and was possibly inspired by an actual incident. [1] As described in one of Hale's biographies: "Sarah began teaching young boys and girls in a small school not far from her home [in Newport, New Hampshire ...
It is thought to have been the first magazine to be edited by a woman; from 1828 until 1836, its editor was Sarah Josepha Hale. [4] As editor, Hale hoped she could aid in the education of women, as she wrote, "not that they may usurp the situation, or encroach on the prerogatives of man; but that each individual may lend her aid to the ...
Sarah Josepha Hale (author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb") was its editor from 1837 until 1877 and only published original, American manuscripts. Although the magazine was read and contained work by both men and women, [5] Hale published three special issues that only included work done by women.
Sarah Josepha Hale had created a similar work in 1853 [5] titled Woman's Record: Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from the Creation to A.D. 1854. [6] That work was not limited to 19th century American women but did include 2,500 biographies, with an index running for twenty pages. [6]: xv–xxxiv
Liberia; or, Mr. Peyton's Experiments is an 1853 novel by Sarah Josepha Hale, the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb", who wrote the novel under the name of Sara J. Hale. [1] Background
Sarah Hale may refer to: Sarah Josepha Hale, American writer, activist and editor SS Sarah J. Hale, a Liberty ship; Sarah Preston Hale, American diarist, translator, ...
Sarah Josepha Hale edited the magazine as a monthly between September 1834 and April 1836. [1] History. The magazine was founded in 1826 by Lydia Maria Child. She ...