smokumjoe t1_j3381m5 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 7:18 PM 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 Jim Gaffigan has a bit about this kinda: https://youtu.be/z7bVBc6pN3Y Permalink 5
smokumjoe t1_j3381m5 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
Jim Gaffigan has a bit about this kinda: https://youtu.be/z7bVBc6pN3Y