Quote of the day
The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
Mary Antin
Born: June 13, 1881
Died: May 15, 1949 (aged 67)
Bio: Mary Antin was an American author and immigration rights activist. She is best known for her 1912 autobiography The Promised Land, an account of her emigration and subsequent Americanization.
Known for:
- The Promised Land (1912)
- From Plotzk to Boston
- They who knock at our gates (1914)
- Selected letters of Mary Antin