# Virginia O'Hanlon

> Laura Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas was an American educator best known for writing a letter as a child to the New York newspaper The Sun that inspired the 1897 editorial "Is There a Santa Claus?". The editorial, by Francis Pharcellus Church, contains the line "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus", and brought attention to O'Hanlon for the rest of her life. Historian Gerald Bowler called it "the most famous editorial in history."

*American teacher (1889-1971)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1889-07-20
- **Died:** 1971-05-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 6.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [ヴァージニア・オハンロン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3)
- [فرجينيا اوهانلون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86)
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- [ڤێرجینیا ئۆھانلۆن](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A6%DB%86%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%DB%86%D9%86)
- [Virginia O’Hanlon](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_O%E2%80%99Hanlon)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1536140)

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