The Mother of Thanksgiving
Program Information
Series: BackStory with the American History GuysProgram: Anne Wills
Duration: 00:11:17
Year Produced: 2009
Description:
Historian Anne Blue Wills tells the story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a New England magazine editor who campaigned tirelessly to put Thanksgiving on our national calendar.
BackStory is a public radio program that brings historical perspective to the events happening around us today. On each show, renowned U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh tear a topic from the headlines and plumb its historical depths.
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