Emma Lazarus By Julia Hershey Language Arts Excel

I lift my lamp by Nancy Smiler Levinson 9/28/11

Bio PoemEmma

Nice, thoughtful, caringLover of books and poetry

Who excels at writing poemsWho feels sad about mistreatment to Jews

Who needs books and inspiration in her lifeWho gives comfort and Support

Who fears nothingWhat happens to Jews later in life

Lazarus

Her Early lifeEmma Lazarus was born on July 22,1849 in a Jewish home in New York. With 5 sisters and a brother.Her family was well to do and often had over important quests.Her and her siblings had private tutors and were taught literature, math, history, geography, music, and languages.Emma became interested in poetry and books.When she gave herself time to play she gave her dolls the roll of Greek goddesses and heroes instead of the normal rolls of house.Emma wrote a book of poetry and got it published with the help of her dad. The Jews helped rebuild America because they were eager to work.Emma met her favorite poet Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson. They wrote letters back and forth and Emma found a lot of inspiration from him.She wrote him about her book she made and he said he wanted a copy.She wrote a second book and gave it to Mr. Emerson to check he wrote a letter back full of admiration.Mr. Emerson wrote a book with poems from different people in it. Emma bought the book immediately and leafed through it looking for one of her poems. She found that none of her poems were in the book and she wrote a letter to him asking him why. A little while later she decided to no longer be his friend.

Early years continued In the time that Emma was growing up women didn’t have many

rights at all. They weren’t aloud to go out in public without a man to guard them and they were not aloud to own property. Women were seen as weak minded and fragile and men thought that all they were good at was to keep house, cook, clean, and take care of the children.

Emma Lazarus’s poem video

Extraordinary Events

Wrote several poems including the poem on the Plaque by the Statue of Liberty.

Wrote and published three booksHelped Jews surviveGave money from some of her poems toward

the Statue of Liberty

Emma verses Lincoln Wrote poems even

after she didn’t get written about In a friend’s book.

Helped Jews to earn money in hard times

Wrote several books

Wrote a poem that is on the Statue of Liberty

Helped gather money to make the podium for the Statue of liberty.

Loved to read books and poetry

Helped create peace between the Races

Wrote several documents and laws

Had a statue of him with sayings and his famous words on it

Helped create equal rights

Born on July 22,18491866 became interested in poems and started

writing to Mr. Emerson1871 Admetus and other poemsWrote Alide in 18741876 wrote Spagnoletto1877 Began translations of medieval Hebrew

poets from German to English1881 Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine1882 published an Epistle to the Hebrew

published Serially in the American Hebrew“New Colossus” written for Barthold pedestal

fund in 1883

1883 Founds society for the improvement and colonization of the Eastern European Jews.

Father dies 1885 Travels to Europe1887 “by the waters of Babylon” was

published in the century newspaperReturns from Europe in September and is illDies in New York city on November 19th

18771903 her poem is placed on the statue of

Liberty