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Women Today / Re: A look at the American woman
« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on Yesterday at 10:03:56 am »I understand this is Women's History Month. If we have a thread for this, I can't seem to locate it, so I'll post a link about a very particular American woman here:
Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879)
Sarah Josepha Hale was editor of the tremendously influential magazine Godey's Ladies' Book for 40 years. After advocating through several administrations, she finally convinced Abraham Lincoln to create a National Thanksgiving Day (right in the middle of the Civil War).
She also wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb," which was first thing Thomas Edison recorded in his brand-new invention the phonograph.
I mention Sarah Josepha Hale now because yesterday I noticed a state historical market that indicated that she lived about four blocks from where I live now. (She must have moved, as the location of her death is given about two blocks from my place.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale
Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879)
Sarah Josepha Hale was editor of the tremendously influential magazine Godey's Ladies' Book for 40 years. After advocating through several administrations, she finally convinced Abraham Lincoln to create a National Thanksgiving Day (right in the middle of the Civil War).
She also wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb," which was first thing Thomas Edison recorded in his brand-new invention the phonograph.
I mention Sarah Josepha Hale now because yesterday I noticed a state historical market that indicated that she lived about four blocks from where I live now. (She must have moved, as the location of her death is given about two blocks from my place.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale