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sinevigiliamentis t1_j31xbhw wrote
Reply to comment by marmorset in 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
Wow, you're already quite invested in something you just learned today.
sinevigiliamentis t1_j31ta7r 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
Well, she probably wrote part of the poem, anyway. But the original, and best known, stanza was written in Sterling, Massachusetts by John Roulstone about Mary Sawyer's pet lamb. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2017/09/14/mary-had-a-little-lamb-massachusetts/
sinevigiliamentis t1_j35cieg wrote
Reply to comment by krectus in 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
TIFU by thinking TIL actually meant TIL.