Emma Lazarus, American poet and educator (died 1887)

Emma Lazarus

American poet (1849–1887)

Emma Lazarus was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist for Jewish and Georgist causes. She is remembered for writing the sonnet "The New Colossus", which was inspired by the Statue of Liberty, in 1883. Its lines appear inscribed on a…