SMNTY Classics: The Mother of Thanksgiving

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

American Thanksgiving may have Pilgrim roots, but its modern-day celebration is the handiwork of an 18th-century magazine editor. For 30 years, Sarah Josepha Hale campaigned U.S. Presidents to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday and urged American women to cook a special turkey dinner every November.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Annie and you're listening to Stuff Mom Never Told You.
0:20.7	It's just about Thanksgiving here in the States and that means one of my favorite stories
0:25.8	of her story, the story of Anna Josepha Hale and how Thanksgiving became a holiday.
0:32.0	It's not quite as good as the story behind Mother's Day.
0:35.2	That one's spectacular.
0:37.7	But it's up there.
0:39.5	Talk about persistence and I know I'll be annoying all of my family members with all the
0:44.7	Thanksgiving facts this year.
0:47.0	And if you're interested, past host, co-host Kristen and I used to make these dorky videos
0:53.9	called Herstory and Kristen was amazing in them, of course.
0:58.3	But we did want about the history of Thanksgiving and Anna Josepha Hale.
1:02.3	So you can find it on the YouTube's if you want.
1:05.9	But for those of you preparing to push the boundaries of your elastic pants or for those
1:12.1	vaguely curious about why Americans celebrate this holiday on the third Thursday of November,
1:16.8	sit back and enjoy.
1:20.0	Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You from Howstuporks.com.
1:26.0	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
1:32.6	I'm Kristen and I'm Caroline.
1:34.6	And first off, I would like to say Happy Birthday to Caroline because this is my Thanksgiving
1:41.7	episode.
1:43.0	And your birthday is on Thanksgiving this year.
1:46.3	I love it.
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