Question: who wrote the song mary had a little lamb?
Evidence: Sarah Josepha Hale: American writer and activist
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book. She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
Answer: Sarah Josepha Hale
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