#OTD in 1788, Sarah Josepha Hale was born.
"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.[1] She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the American Thanksgiving holiday...."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale
Hale's works at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Sarah+Josepha+Hale
