biography
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Hale, Sarah (Josepha)
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née Buell
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| female
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| lived:
| (1788–1879)
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| biography:
| Writer and first female magazine editor, born in Newport, New Hampshire, USA. A widow from 1822, she wrote to support her family. In 1828 she was offered the editorship of the Ladies' Magazine, which continued until 1877 under the later title of Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book. Other notable works include the critically acclaimed Woman's Record: or Sketches of All Distinguished Women from ‘the Beginning’ till AD 1850 (1853–76), The Ladies' Wreath (1837), a collection of poetry by women, and a book of Poems for Our Children (1830), which contains ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’. |
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