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Sarah Josepha Hale

1788 - 1879

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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. She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the American Thanksgiving holiday and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Sarah Josepha Hale is the 6,440th most popular writer (up from 6,607th in 2024), the 12,195th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,940th in 2019) and the 879th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 6,440 out of 7,302. Before her are Sebastian Fitzek, Bosley Crowther, Robert Elsie, Hugh MacDiarmid, Helen Bannerman, and Rohinton Mistry. After her are Alan Dundes, Ruth Graham, Greil Marcus, Ragnar Jónasson, Dan Abnett, and Lynne Cox.

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Among people born in 1788, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 60. Before her are Adoniram Judson, Károly Kisfaludy, William Henry Smyth, Charles Robert Cockerell, Sarah Goodridge, and Prideaux John Selby.  Among people deceased in 1879, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 70. Before her are Henry Charles Carey, George Caleb Bingham, Caleb Cushing, Angelina Grimké, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, and John Adams Dix. After her are Henry Sewell, William Allen, and Zachariah Chandler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 12,198 out of 20,380. Before her are Bessie Barriscale (1884), Frank Armi (1918), Kasi Lemmons (1961), Kerry Von Erich (1960), Jason Earles (1977), and Marie Wilson (1916). After her are Carl Levin (1934), Alan Dundes (1934), Jim Bunning (1931), Greil Marcus (1945), Tracy Letts (1965), and T.I. (1980).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 879. Before her are Robert Cormier (1925), Lester Bangs (1948), Alice Sebold (1963), Terry Southern (1924), John Burroughs (1837), and Bosley Crowther (1905). After her are Alan Dundes (1934), Greil Marcus (1945), Lynne Cox (1957), J. P. Donleavy (1926), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), and Walter Lord (1917).

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