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Lady Editor

By Melanie Kirkpatrick

Lady Editor

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"For half a century Sarah Josepha Hale was the best known and most influential woman in America. As editor of Godey's Lady's Book, Hale was the leading cultural arbiter for the growing nation. Women (and many men) turned to her for advice on what to read, what to cook, how to behave, and-most important- what to think. Twenty years before the declaration of women's rights in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Sarah Josepha Hale used her powerful pen to build popular acceptance of women's right to an education, their right to work, and their right to manage their own money. There is hardly an aspect of nineteenth-century culture in which Hale did not \gure prominently as a pathbreaker. She was one of the \rst editors to promote American authors writing on American themes. Her stamp of approval helped advance the reputations of such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. She wrote the \rst antislavery novel, compiled the \rst-ever women's history book, and penned the most recognizable verse in the English language, "Mary Had a Little Lamb." As a social reformer, she pioneered the way for women to assume leadership roles in charitable organizations. Americans' favorite holiday -- Thanksgiving - wouldn't exist without Hale. She re imagined the New England festival as patriotic national holiday and she conducted a decades-long campaign to persuade the public to coalesce around her idea. Abraham Lincoln took up her suggestion in 1863 and proclaimed the \rst in the series of national Thanksgivings that continues up to the present day. She also introduced the Christmas tree and the white wedding dress to Americans. Today, most of the women's equity issues that Hale championed have been achieved, or nearly so. But women's roles in what she and her contemporaries called the "domestic sphere" are arguably less valued today than in Hale's era. Hale's beliefs about women's special obligations to family, their moral leadership, and their principal role in preparing children to lead useful lives continue to have relevance at a time when many American women believe feminism has failed them and are seeking better answers. No one wants to return to the time of separate spheres for men and women, but we could bene\t from re-examining the arguments that Hale put forward to honor women's special roles and responsibilities. "Lady Editor" re-creates the life and times of a major nineteenth-century woman, whose career as a writer, editor, and early feminist encompassed ideas central to American history"--
Product details
Number of Pages:
324
Release Date:
2021-08-03
Publication Date:
2021-08-03
Publisher:
Encounter Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
164177178X
ISBN13:
9781641771788
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
594 g
Height:
160 cm
Width:
236 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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