Georgina Schuyler

Schuyler was a part of the soldiers' aid societies within Westchester County, New York during the Civil War. She was also a part of the Hospital Book and Newspaper Society within the United States Sanitary Commission. A 14-song collection of her compositions was published in 1886.^[1]

Schuyler was a friend of Emma Lazarus and after Lazarus died in 1887, Schuyler found Lazarus's poem "The New Colossus" in 1901.^[2] She led the campaign to have "The New Colossus" placed in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.^[3][4] It took until 1903 for the poem to be placed in the pedestal on a wall, later being placed inside an exhibit within the pedestal in 1986.^[3]

The governor of New York chose her to be a trustee of the Schuyler Mansion in 1911 and she was the author of The Schuyler Mansion at Albany.^[1] The Century: 1897, Volume 55 stated that Schuyler's music is true art.^[5] Schuyler also wrote articles about history and genealogy. She was in the Society of the Colonial Dames of America.^[1] Schuyler was also a philanthropist, art patron, and a supporter of the social reform programs that were started by her sister Louisa.^[6]

Schuyler was born on 1841 in New York City to George Lee Schuyler and Eliza (née Hamilton).^[1] She is a descendant of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton.^[6] She attended private schools, including Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz's School for Girls in 1858 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[1]

Schuyler, who never married, died at her home, 570 Park Avenue in New York City where she lived with her sister, Louisa, on December 25, 1923.^[7]