Annie Moore Resources
It's taken some doing, but Annie Moore (the true one) is finally reclaiming her place in history. Here you'll find links to a number of articles and other resources about her.
- March 9, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "This Is Annie Moore at Ellis Island: $1,000 If You Can Prove Me Wrong" by Megan Smolenyak
- February 2, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Historical Photo? Is this Annie Moore Arriving at Ellis Island?" by Megan Smolenyak
- December 29, 2009 - The Huffington Post - "Photos of Annie Moore, First Ellis Island Immigrant: Help Solve a History Mystery" Now we know what Annie looked like, but there might be more to see" by Megan Smolenyak
- December 3, 2009 - The Huffington Post - "Getting History Wrong: How did we get our history so wrong so fast?" by Megan Smolenyak
- Monday, July 17, 2006 - Blogger.com - "$1,000 Reward for Ellis Island's Little Orphan Annie" The contest that launched the hunt for the real Annie" by Megan Smolenyak
- May 9, 2010 - New York Magazine - "How Ellis Island's First Immigrant, Annie Moore, Became an American Mystery" by Jesse Green
- December 30, 2009 - AFP - "Photographs unearthed of first Ellis Island immigrant"
- December 28, 2009 - The New York Times - "Relatives Say Photos Depict Ellis Island's First Immigrant" by Sam Roberts
- December 2008/January 2009 - Irish America - "A Celtic Cross for Annie Moore"
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- October 15, 2008 - The Irish Echo - "Annie's Place" by Ray O'Hanlon
- October 13, 2008 - Irish Times - "Ellis Island's first immigrant honoured" by Lucy Kennedy
- October 8, 2008 - The Irish Echo - "Annie's Day" by Ray O'Hanlon
- August 13, 2008 - Irish Echo Online - "Annie will finally get her marker"
- September 20, 2006 - The Irish Echo - "Putting things right: Annie Moore lived, and died, in New York's hardscrabble streets" by Ray O'Hanlon
- September 14, 2006 - The New York Times - "Story of the First Through Ellis Island Is Rewritten" by Sam Roberts
- September 15, 2006 -
listen to NPR's Morning Edition - "Life of First Ellis Island Immigrant Revealed"