The magazine also gave readers a look at the world beyond their homes. Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale (1788-1879) guided its content for four decades. She was the first American woman to manage a major publication. As editor, she influenced many aspects of American life in the mid-1800s.
Hale was born on a farm in Newport, New Hampshire, in 1788. Her parents believed girls should be educated just like boys.
She studied her brother's college textbooks and became a teacher.
At first, her life looked typical for women in the early 1800s. In 1813, she married a young lawyer, David Hale. They had five children within seven years.
David encouraged Sarah's writing. The couple also formed a small literary club with some friends. But in 1822, David died suddenly from pneumonia. Sarah became a widow with five young children to support.
She briefly ran a hat shop to make a living. She also published a book of original poems. A few years later, she published a successful novel.
Northwood: Life North and South focused on the nation's thorny political issue of slavery. It brought her considerable fame in New England.
A local Episcopal minister offered Hale the chance to edit a new monthly magazine for women.
It required her to move to Boston.
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