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.
There are several phrases associated with the Statue of Liberty, but the most recognizable is âGive me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.â This quote comes from Emma Lazarusâ sonnet, New Colossus, which she wrote for a fundraiser auction to raise money for the pedestal upon which the Statue of Liberty now sits.