I LIFT MY LAMP BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR!' /-/ PRESENTED BY THE / FEDERATION OF JEWISH WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, INC. THE WRETCHED REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE / SEND THESE, THE HOMELESS, TEMPEST-TOST TO ME. 'KEEP ANCIENT LANDS, YOUR STORIED POMP!' CRIES SHE / WITH SILENT LIPS, 'GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, / YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE. HERE AT OUR SEA-WASHED, SUNSET GATES SHALL STAND / A MIGHTY WOMAN WITH A TORCH, WHOSE FLAME / IS THE IMPRISONED LIGHTNING, AND HER NAME / MOTHER OF EXILES, FROM HER BEACON-HAND / GLOWS WORLD-WIDE WELCOME HER MILD EYES COMMAND / THE AIR-BRIDGED HARBOR THAT TWIN CITIES FRAME. NOT LIKE THE BRAZEN GIANT OF GREEK FAME, / WITH CONQUERING LIMBS ASTRIDE FROM LAND TO LAND. Inscription: A TRIBUTE TO / EMMA LAZARUS / POET-PATRIOT /-/ AUTHOR OF THE NEW COLOSSUS / THE SONNET INSCRIBED ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY /-/ THE NEW COLOSSUS.Donor: Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, Inc.In 1951, the Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Woman's Clubs was formed, however the organization disbanded in 1989. Sixteen years after her death, LazarusвЂ™ most famous poem вЂњThe New Colossus,вЂќ was engraved on a plaque in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Unfortunately, when Lazarus returned New York City she was very sick. During her first trip, she met with Robert Browning, William Morris, and Jewish leaders, which she documented in her essay, вЂњA Day in Surrey with William Morris.вЂќ She traveled to Europe again from May 1885 until September 1887. The organizers decided to print the poem in the Catalogue of the Pedestal Fund Art Loan Exhibition at the National Academy of Design to inspire continued work on the statue.ДЇollowing her work for the auction, Lazarus began traveling to Europe to participate in social reform. That same year, she wrote вЂњThe New ColossusвЂќ to be presented atВ auction to raise money for the pedestal ofВ the Statue of Liberty. In 1883, Lazarus formed the Society for the Improvement and Colonization of East European Jews. In addition to her writing, she also met with immigrants and refugees, volunteered at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and helped establish the Hebrew Technical Institute in New York to provide Jewish immigrants with vocational training. Lazarus wrote in various publications promoting Zionism and a Jewish homeland in Palestine. She publicly proclaimed her identity as a Jewish poet and advocated for Jewish issues internationally. She published the first one called Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine in 1881 and published Songs of a Semite: The Dance to Death and Other Poems the following year.ДЄs Lazarus continued to write, she used her poems and essays to speak out against the persecution of Jews in Europe and growing anti-Semitism in the United States. That same year, she published translations of poetry written by German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. The only other work of fiction that Lazarus published was a short story in 1878 in ScribnerвЂ™s Monthly entitled вЂњThe Eleventh Hour.вЂќ For the next decade, her poems were published in American magazines, including her poem called вЂњProgress and PovertyвЂќ that was published in the New York Times in 1881. Three years later, Lazarus published her first and only novel called Alide: An Episode in Goethe's Life based on the autobiography of the German writer Goethe. Emerson quickly became her mentor and when she published her next book of poetry in 1871, she dedicated the main poem, вЂњTo My Friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson.вЂќ This book, entitled Admetus and Other Poems, received critical acclaim. Her father was one of her biggest supporters and he decided to publish her book of poems for вЂњprivate circulation.вЂќ Shortly after, Lazarus decided to send a copy of her first book to the famous writer Ralph Waldo Emerson. Lazarus excelled inВ academics, and by the time she was seventeen, she had already written a book of poems called Poems and Translations: Written Between the Ages of Fourteen and Sixteen. Lazarus and her siblings studied with private tutors and learned multiple languages including German, French, and Italian. Her father, Moses, was a successful sugar merchant whoВ made certainВ his children got the best education. The fourth of seven children, Lazarus was born to a wealthy Sephardic Jewish family of Portuguese descent. Her words вЂњGive me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,вЂќ are almost as well-known as the Statue itself.Д®mma Lazarus was born on Jin New York City. However, she is most famous for her poem, вЂњThe New Colossus,вЂќ that is engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty. Learning Resources on Women's Political ParticipationДЄs a Jewish American writer and activist, Emma Lazarus has been widely recognized for her work.Women Writing History: A Coronavirus Journaling Project.

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