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Emma Lazarus(1849-1887)

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Emma Lazarus
Poet Emma Lazarus was born into a wealthy family in New York City on July 22, 1849. Her first book of poems, "Poems and Translations", was published in 1867, when she was just 18. Renowned author Ralph Waldo Emerson was impressed with her work and praised it, and her next book, "Admetus and Other Poems" in 1871, was dedicated to him. She published a string of well-received poems and verse works over the next few years.

In 1881 she became involved in the plight of the new waves of immigrants to the US, and became a strong advocate of the rights of immigrants, an unpopular stance during a time when many immigrant groups--especially those of Eastern Europe and Ireland--were under attack by anti-immigrant groups in the US, who said they were "polluting" US culture. Her most famous work, "The New Colossus", was chosen to be the inscription on the base of the Statue of Liberty, welcoming immigrants coming into New York harbor. It contains what are among the most well-known words in the English language: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free".

She published her last book in 1887, and died in New York City on November 19 that year.
BornJuly 22, 1849
DiedNovember 19, 1887(38)
BornJuly 22, 1849
DiedNovember 19, 1887(38)
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David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
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America's Woman (2024)
America's Woman
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  • 2024
Jim Cummings, Kevin Michael Richardson, Pamela Adlon, Kath Soucie, and Frank Welker in Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996)
Adventures from the Book of Virtues
7.0
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  • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
    American Experience
    8.6
    TV Series
    • poem "The New Colossus"
    • writer (uncredited)
    • 1999–2001
  • Jim Cummings, Kevin Michael Richardson, Pamela Adlon, Kath Soucie, and Frank Welker in Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996)
    Adventures from the Book of Virtues
    7.0
    TV Series
    • poem "The New Colossus"
    • 1996
  • Les Etats-Unis entrent en guerre (1945)
    Les Etats-Unis entrent en guerre
    6.8
    • poem "The New Colossus" (uncredited)
    • 1945

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  • America's Woman (2024)
    America's Woman
    • lyrics
    • 2024

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  • Born
    • July 22, 1849
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • November 19, 1887
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Other works
    Poem: "The New Colossus".
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    • 2 Print Biographies
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    Her poem "The New Colossus" is inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty.

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    November 19, 1887
  • How old was Emma Lazarus when she died?
    38 years old
  • Where did Emma Lazarus die?
    New York City, New York, USA
  • When was Emma Lazarus born?
    July 22, 1849
  • Where was Emma Lazarus born?
    New York City, New York, USA

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