Strike a "prose" this Spring! Help us celebrate
Women's History Month (March) and National Poetry Month (April)
in style! Nine amazing women poets who have contributed their
voice and vision are all saluted in our Spring Collection!
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
-"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) was one of the first successful
Jewish-American authors. Her most famous poem, "The New
Colossus," was written to help raise funds for a pedestal
for the Statue of Liberty. (In 1901, it was added to a bronze
plaque at the base of the statue.) Highly educated and well traveled,
Lazarus was a published poet and author by age 25. She wrote
boldly, protesting anti-Semitism and advocating Russian immigrants'
rights. In her honor, we name our premier collection. Click on
any fabric for a full picture and its information or click on
a page number below to see one of our other collections from
Spring '02.
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