Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 - April 30, 1879)
Editor and Prophetic Witness
With the possible exception of the Lady anchoress at the church of St Julian in Norwich is there an Editor in the calendar of saints (here, in the 2008 revised edition of Lesser Feasts and Fasts)?
In the case of Sarah Hale probably it is her championing of women in ministry, building toward the modern (relatively) deaconess movement, that got her a place in modern saints calendaring. What makes her story more compelling to me is the editorial quality of her sanctity.
Editor of Ladies' Magazine. 1828-1836; Godey's Lady's Book, 1837-1877.
Who knew? Who knew that an editor could be a saint? Well I've met plenty, and yes, though mostly I express gratitude for their work and their personal demeanor rather than putting the two together. Perhaps I should. Perhaps I should.
N.B. She is also noted for a 17 year campaign to establish a new national holiday, at length persuading Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to support the effort, for which we owe her Thanksgiving.
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