"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

Emma Lazarus is the woman responsible for the words that sit at our "Golden Gates" at the Statue of Liberty in the United States. In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, Nevertheless today features a badass Jewish American writer who stood up against injustice, even though it wasn't "feminine" to do so. Learn how Emma used her privilege for good. 

Special thanks to Camas High School Marching Band, and the following sources:

poetryfoundation.org/poets/emma-lazarus

jwa.org/womenofvalor/lazarus

"‘Give me your tired, your poor’: The story of poet and refugee advocate Emma Lazarus" by Katie Mettler, Washington Post, Feb 1, 2017

http://nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/emma-lazarus.htm