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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.
Ruth Gruber was born in Brooklyn, New York, one of five children of Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Gussie (Rockower) and David Gruber. [2] She dreamed of becoming a writer and was encouraged by her parents to obtain higher education. She matriculated at New York University at the age of 15.
After Hurricane Helene, Taylor Schenker found herself with about 200 family photos that didn't belong to her. Now, she's hoping to reunite them with the people they belong to.
Mona Simpson (née Jandali; June 14, 1957) [1] [2] is an American novelist. She has written six novels and studied English at University of California, Berkeley, and languages and literature at Columbia University.
Dyre recounted her harrowing survival to The Post after her story went viral after her sister Jessica shared the family’s desperate final photos on Facebook. Drye; her parents Michael and Nora ...
What was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime turned tragic this week when Saida Wurie learned her parents were among the hundreds of pilgrims who have died amid extreme temperatures in Saudi Arabia.
Zintkála Nuni (Lakota for "Lost Bird", 1890 – February 14, 1920), alternatively Zintka Lanuni, was a Lakota Sioux woman who was a 4-month-old infant when she was found alive among the victims at the Wounded Knee Massacre. [1]
Birthplace of Fanny Crosby. Frances Jane Crosby was born on March 24, 1820, in the village of Brewster, about 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. [10] [11] She was the only child of John Crosby and his second wife Mercy Crosby, both of whom were relatives of Revolutionary War spy Enoch Crosby.