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Emma Lazarus , her sister said years later, was born to sing like a poet. But, she noted, "she did not sing, like a bird, for joy of...

When Emma Lazarus died at age 38 in 1887, the copyright of her poems was left in the care of her older sister, Josephine . She accordin...

Emma Lazarus was 17 years old when she wrote her poem "Dreams," dated April 30, 1867: A dream of lilies: all the blooming earth...

Though the March 30, 1874 issue of the New-York Times advertised it as Alide: A Romance of Goethe's Life , its author Emma Lazarus sli...

On March 7, 1867, Emma Lazarus wrote her poem dedicated Florence Nightingale , the English woman who pioneered modern nursing. Certainly, i...

Emma Lazarus was only 38 years old when she died in New York City on November 19, 1887. The cause of death is presumed to be Hodgkin'...

Born in New York, Emma Lazarus and her family spent their summers fashionably, often in Newport, Rhode Island. One summer, however, the fam...