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Few words are more famous or more evocative than these from Emma Lazarus's "The New Colussus": "Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty, they have come to represent America's promise.
Institution: American Jewish Historical Society
Museum of Jewish Heritage - Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles
Making Trouble / Making History
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place, New York City
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Luncheon and Program
Award presentations by Gloria Steinem
followed by a viewing of the exhibition Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles and a forum on the legacy of Emma Lazarus
For further information or to request an invitation, please contact:
JWA Benefit Office
646.786.1794
Honoring Jewish Women Who Share Our Commitment to Making Trouble and Inspiring Change
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
One of the founding editors of Ms. Magazine, and author of Deborah, Golda and Me Elizabeth A. Sackler
Benefactor and Matron of the Arts, The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum Rebecca Traister
Contributor to Salon and the New York Times, and author of Big Girls Don't Cry
One of the founding editors of Ms. Magazine, and author of Deborah, Golda and Me Elizabeth A. Sackler
Benefactor and Matron of the Arts, The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum Rebecca Traister
Contributor to Salon and the New York Times, and author of Big Girls Don't Cry
How to cite this page
Jewish Women's Archive. "Making Trouble / Making History." <http://jwa.org/luncheon2012> (February 22, 2012).
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