The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them.

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.