Mary Antin was an American author and immigration rights activist. Born to a Jewish family in Polotsk, she immigrated to the Boston area with her mother and siblings in 1894. She later moved to New York City where she attended Teachers College of Columbia University and Barnard College. Antin is best known for her 1912 autobiography "The Promised Land", which describes her assimilation into American culture. Wikipedia
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Bio: Mary Antin moved from Russia to Boston, Massachusetts, with her mother and siblings in 1894 to be reunited with her father, who had moved to the United States three years earlier. Shortly after, Antin married a professor at Columbia University and m www.fictionwise.com/servlet/mw?&cache=MaryAntin&t=cache
