Mary Antin

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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 .

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  1. United States Social Security Index (SVN) 092224835, Mary Antin, In: Ancestry.com, accessed August 15, 2019