Sarah Josepha Hale
American
Sarah Josepha Hale was a notable American magazine editor and social reformer. - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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Godey's Lady's Book (magazine) | 1837 | 1877 |
Sarah Josepha Hale was a notable American magazine editor and social reformer. - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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Godey's Lady's Book (magazine) | 1837 | 1877 |
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1788/10/24 | Martha Whittlesay Buell, wife of Revolutionary War veteran Captain Gordon Buell, gives birth to a daughter, Sarah Josepha Buell, in Newport, New Hampshire. | Born | Newport, NH | New Hampshire | |||
1840/09/00 | Organized by Sarah Hale, the great women's craft fair raises $30,000 for the Bunker Hill monument by selling handmade jewelry, quilts, baskets, jams, jellies, cakes, pies and autographed letters from Washington, James Madison and the Marquis de Lafayette. | Organizer | Quincy Market, Boston | Boston | Constructing Bunker Hill Monument | ||
1842/00/00 | Bunker Hill Monument is completed. | Organizer | Bunker Hill Monument | Boston | Constructing Bunker Hill Monument | ||
1846/00/00 | From her home in Philadelphia, Sarah J Hale begins a letter-writing campaign advocating for a "national day of thanksgiving." At some point during her time in Philadelphia, Sarah Josepha Hale makes a home at 922 Spruce St. | Champion | Portico Row | Philadelphia, PA | First Thanksgivings | ||
1860/00/00 | Hale pushes for making Thanksgiving a national holiday by writing letters to Presidents of the United States - Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, to no avail. | Champion | |||||
1863/09/28 | Sarah J Hale writes a letter to President Abraham Lincoln requesting that Thanksgiving Day to become a National Festival Annually. | Champion | First Thanksgivings | ||||
1879/04/30 | Sarah Josepha Hale passes away at home (lost), 1413 Locust Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. | Died | Laurel Hill Cemetery | Philadelphia, PA |
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