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Mary Antin: Steadily as I...

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Steadily as I worked to win America, America advanced to lie at my feet. I was an heir, on Dover Street, awaiting maturity. I was a princess waiting to be led to the throne.

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-- Mary Antin, (NA 1881-1949), Russian-US socialite, author; She was born in Russia, but emigrated to America with her family when she was 15 and settled in a Boston slum.


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