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Migrant Mother is a photograph taken in 1936 in Nipomo, California, by American photographer Dorothea Lange [1] during her time with the Resettlement Administration (later the Farm Security Administration). [2]
Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression.
In 2006, an elementary school was named in her honor in Nipomo, California, near the site where she had photographed Migrant Mother. [44] In 2008, she was inducted into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts. Her son, Daniel Dixon, accepted the honor in her place. [45]
A young migrant mother from Venezuela is facing felony charges after she allegedly blocked traffic and scuffled with police officers outside a Southwest Side police station on Saturday, apparently ...
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CHICAGO — The migrant mother from Venezuela who was arrested Saturday after allegedly blocking traffic and scuffling with police said the confrontation began when police officers wouldn’t ...
Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother became one of the defining images of the Great Depression. Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange's 1936 photograph of Florence Owens Thompson and children became the most famous image of the Great Depression in the United States. Its one of the classic photographs of the 20th century, and is now an icon of ...
A 26-year-old woman was injured after she tried to climb a fence at the U.S. Mexico border with her two young children, according to authorities.