First woman editor, Sarah J. Hale.

Title:

First woman editor, Sarah J. Hale.

Author:

Burt, Olive Woolley, 1894-

Call Number:

920H1646B

Publication Information:

New York, Messner [1960]

Physical Description:

191 p. 22 cm.

Description:

A biography of the New Hampshire woman who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb," persuaded Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, and edited nineteenth-century women's magazines, including Godey's Lady's Book.

Subjects:

Women periodical editors Biography Juvenile literature. United States

People:

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879 , Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879.

Credit Line:

Gift; 08/08/2008;