Mary Antin
Mary Antin (born June 13, 1881 in Polazk , † May 15, 1949 in Suffern , New York ) was an American author and activist for immigration law .
As the child of a Jewish family, her parents were Israel Antin and Esther Weltmann, born in Polazk in what is now Belarus , she emigrated to Boston with her mother and siblings in 1894. She later moved to New York City , where she looked after one Applied for employment at Columbia University Teachers' College and Barnard College . Antin is known for her autobiography The Promised Land , published in 1912 (title of the German translation: Vom Ghetto ins Land der Verheißung ), which describes her assimilation into American culture. Following her publication, Antin lectured on her immigrant experience at many events across the country and became a key advocate for Theodore Roosevelt and his Progressive Party.
Mary Antin was married to the German-American paleontologist and geologist Amadeus Grabau .
Works
- From Plotzk to Boston , Boston 1899. E-Book for the Gutenberg Project (English)
- The Promised Land , Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York 1912. German: From the Ghetto to the Land of Promise . Verlag Robert Lutz, Stuttgart 1913. Authorized translation by M. and U. Steindorff. Complete text on pds.lib.harvard.edu
literature
- Allan Mazur: Romance in Natural History - The Lives and Works of Amadeus Grabau and Mary Antin . Garret 2004. See also http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/amazur/Romancecover.htm
- Monica Rüthers : Between threat and hope. Migration to the New World. Mary Antin's report . In: Hamburg Key Documents on German-Jewish History, June 27, 2017.
Web links
- Pamela S. Nadell: Mary Antin. In: Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. March 1, 2009, accessed December 12, 2009 (English, biography).
- Monica Rüthers: Between threat and hope. Migration to the New World. Mary Antin's report . In: Hamburg Key Documents on German-Jewish History, June 27, 2017. doi : 10.23691 / jgo: article-53.de.v
- Literature by and about Mary Antin in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Social Security Index (SVN) 092224835, Mary Antin, In: Ancestry.com, accessed August 15, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Antin, Mary |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and immigration law activist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1881 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Polatsk |
DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1949 |
Place of death | Suffern (New York) |