Gentle Crusader: New Hampshire’s Sarah Josepha Hale by Judith Freeman Clark Throughout the 19th century, most Americans viewed proponents of equal opportunity for women as lunatics or anarchists bent on destroying polite society. In such a society women were generally tied to domestic responsibilities, and their educational and professional choices were severely limited by virtue… Read more Sarah Josepha Hale 1788-1879
Hale Award
Colin Calloway receives 2022 Hale Award
We are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2022 Sarah Josepha Hale Award is Colin Calloway. Read more Colin Calloway receives 2022 Hale Award
Sy Montgomery is the 2020 Hale Award Winner
Richards Free Library and the Judges of the Sarah Josepha Hale Award are pleased to announce that Sy Montgomery is the 2020 Sarah Josepha Hale Award Medalist. The award presentation will be held on August 7, 2021. More details will be posted on our website soon. Sy Montgomery writes for adults and children, for print… Read more Sy Montgomery is the 2020 Hale Award Winner
