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Sarah Hale persisted until Thanksgiving Day was made official.

Sarah Beull unrolled her brother’s gift to her. Horatio had given her a homemade diploma. “Mistress of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Horatio Gates Beull College,” it read.

Probably Sarah laughed. All through Horatio’s years at Dartmouth College, he had brought home his Latin, Mathematics and philosophy books and shared everything he learned with Sarah, who was doing all she could to gain an education, despite the restrictions that kept her from attending college. She was such a devoted scholar that Horatio felt she, too, should be honored.

Born on this day, October 24, 1788, in Newport, New Hampshire, Sarah overcame the disadvantage of discrimination against women to become an internationally respected author, editor and promoter of good causes.

Almost every American child is familiar with one bit of Sarah’s work. She wrote the kindergarten song, “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”

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