Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879). She was an American writer, activist, and influential editor. She served as an editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, the first successful American women’s fashion magazine from the 1837s to 1877s. Sarah Josepha Buell Hale wrote the preface of the book “Civil War Recipes” Her period was (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879)