A Woman to Know: Emma Lazarus
Until we are all free, we are none of us free. — Emma Lazarus
Until we are all free, we are none of us free. — Emma Lazarus
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Emma was born in New York City. By 1860, still just a teenager, she was translating German poetry and writing verses of her own. Soon icons like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Robert Browning became avid fans of her work. When she wasn’t writing, she worked on Ward’s Is…
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