Based on the map to the right, access to indoor plumbing varies greatly by region. Areas of South Dakota, Apache County in Arizona, Rio Grande in Texas, Appalachia in Kentucky and Virginia, and rural Alaska have high percentages of unplumbed households. While this outlook seems bleak, it helps to put it in perspective.
In 1901, Lazarusâs friend Georgina Schuyler began an effort to memorialize Lazarus and her poem, which succeeded in 1903 when a plaque bearing the text of the poem was mounted on the inner wall of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.â.
A portrait of Emma Lazarus. National Park Service, Statue of Liberty NM. Born on July 22, 1849 in New York City to a wealthy sugar refining family of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish descent, Emma Lazarus was the poet who wrote The New Colossus.. Aside from writing, Lazarus was also involved in charitable work for refugees.