Her new and enduring identity was boosted by four developments: her arrival coincided with a massive wave of European immigrants, more than 12 million, arriving by steamship from 1892-1924 to the United States through Ellis Island; Emma Lazarus' poem “The New Colossus,” written on her pedestal since 1903, popularized her role as the Mother ... More @Wikipedia
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