Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and an influential editor. She was 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.
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Sarah Josepha Buell 24 October 1788 Newport, NH
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30 April 1879 (aged 90) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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