Melanie Kirkpatrick: Giving Thanks for Sarah Josepha Hale
Without the efforts of the influential 19th-century editor, writer, and abolitionist, Thanksgiving as we know it wouldn’t exist.
By Melanie Kirkpatrick
When Americans sit down to their turkey dinners this Thursday, a long-ago lady editor will be an invisible presence at every table. In the history of Thanksgiving, Sarah Josepha Hale, “editress” of the popular 19th-century magazine, Godey’s Lady’s Book, played as important a role as the Pilgrims and the Native Ameri…
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