100 women project – Page 5

Marie Antionette

July 28, 2020

The true story of Marie Antionette begins on Nov. 2, 1755 with her birth in Vienna. The eleventh child of the Empress Maria Theresa, ruler of the Habsburg Empire, and the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, Maria Antonia (her Austrian name) is destined to live a life dictated by others. …

Emma Lazarus

July 27, 2020

How do I write a poem for a statue? That was the question Emma Lazarus posed in 1882, when she was asked to donate an original work to help raise money for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Her first response was no, despite her own immigrant story: The …