Georgina, 21, has written a poem inspired by her Grandad Brian, who sadly died of dementia. It's about his favourite bird, a robin. Whenever she sees one now she smiles and thinks of him. My Grandad, ...

It became even more popular more than a decade after Lazarus’ 1887 death, when her friend Georgina Schuyler happened upon a copy of the poem in 1901 and was moved to bring it new attention.

after her friend Georgina Schuyler found a book in 1901 containing "The New Colossus" and launched an effort to commemorate Lazarus' work. "The poem, like the shackles, is not immediately visible ...

Georgina Schuyler’s campaign to include Emma Lazarus’ poem on the statue was a retort to nativism. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via New-York Historical Society, MadGrin via Wikimedia ...

She died four years later and the poem eventually faded from public memory. In 1901, a Lazarus friend, Georgina Schuyler, found a book containing the poem and started an effort to resurrect the work.

Georgina, 21, has written a poem inspired by her Grandad Brian, who sadly died of dementia. It's about his favourite bird, a robin. Whenever she sees one now she smiles and thinks of him. My Grandad, ...