One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.

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.