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Leader Profile – Sarah Josepha Hale

December 3, 2025

Sarah Josepha Hale 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 is known as the “Mother of Thanksgiving” for her decades-long campaign to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

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    […] highlights was our Leader Profile, presented by Lily, who shared the remarkable story of Sarah Josepha Hale—the woman who made Thanksgiving a national holiday. While the first Thanksgiving dates back to […]

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