TheRoyalPanda t1_j3616x8 wrote on January 6, 2023 at 7:23 AM Reply to TIL about Sarah Josepha Hale. She wrote the poem "Mary had a Little Lamb" and was editor of the most influential women's magazine of the time. Helping to found Vassar College. Over the course of 17 years she wrote five different presidents urging them to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. by marmorset I'm related to the Mary who had a little lamb in that poem. Permalink 3
TheRoyalPanda t1_j3616x8 wrote
Reply to TIL about Sarah Josepha Hale. She wrote the poem "Mary had a Little Lamb" and was editor of the most influential women's magazine of the time. Helping to found Vassar College. Over the course of 17 years she wrote five different presidents urging them to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. by marmorset
I'm related to the Mary who had a little lamb in that poem.