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How Our Family Stories Shape Us - Elizabeth Stone
Fordham University English Professor Elizabeth Stone teaches the literature of immigration and memoir, and shares her insights on family stories as well as lesser-known figures in American history. Among them are Georgina Schuyler, great-granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton, who transformed the Statue of Liberty from a rundown and failed lighthouse to a world famous symbol of welcome to immigrants, and Pierre Toussaint, a 19th century Haitian immigrant who became a wealthy and well-known hairdresser to rich and famous New Yorkers, and was set on the road to sainthood in 1997 by Pope John Paul…
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