Sarah Josepha Hale

The Reason We Have Thanksgiving? A Woman

Rebecca Price | Posted 01.22.2012

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Rebecca Price

She was the Oprah of the 19th century. And for 17 years, Sarah Josepha Hale wrote five sitting Presidents to advocate for a national day of Thanksgiving.

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Thanksgiving, Activism -- and Arianna Huffington!

Dr. Robert Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Robert Epstein

We all think of Thanksgiving as ever-present in America. Not so. In fact, it very likely would never have become a national holiday without the conc...

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