Emma Lazarus
New York City-based poet Emma Lazarus (1849-87) is best known for The New Colossus, which is inscribed upon the base of the Statue of Liberty. The highly respected writer and intellectual corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson and was an advocate for indigent Jewish refugees and a forerunner of the Zionist movement.
New York City-based poet Emma Lazarus (1849-87) is best known for The New Colossus, which is inscribed upon the base of the Statue of Liberty. The highly respected writer and intellectual corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson and was an advocate for indigent Jewish refugees and a forerunner of the Zionist movement. See less
