As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.

After its publication Antin lectured on her immigrant experience to many audiences across the country and became a major supporter for Theodore Roosevelt and his Progressive Party. She married Amadeus William Grabau a geologist in 1901 and moved to New York City where Mary Antin attended Teachers College of Columbia University and Barnard College.