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Jun 28, 2024 · Florence Owens Thompson, also known as “Migrant Mother” who was the sitter in the iconic Great Depression photograph, sits in a makeshift tent at a pea pickers camp in Nipomo, California,...
1 day ago · But in 1978, the actual migrant mother, Florence Owens Thompson, who had been living in Modesto for many years, wrote to the editor of the Modesto Bee newspaper explaining that she was the woman in the photo—and that she felt exploited and misrepresented both as a Cherokee woman and because she was never compensated for the image.
Jul 5, 2024 · Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler), perhaps inspired by her life-classes of armoured figures at the Government School, was one of the first women to become famous for large history paintings, specializing in scenes of military action, usually with many horses, most famously Scotland Forever!, showing a cavalry charge at Waterloo.
Jul 3, 2024 · Discover more about an iconic image from the Farm Security Administration Collection. This guide discusses photographer Dorothea Lange's work, provides other views of Florence Owens Thompson (the Migrant Mother), and lists additional resources.
Jun 21, 2024 · The photograph of Florence Owens Thompson and three of her seven children living in hunger and poverty in a farm workers’ camp in California became “a symbol of resilience in the face of ...
Jul 9, 2024 · The woman pictured here, Florence Owens Thompson, and her children are in a camp filled with field workers who are out of work due to the failure of their crops. The photographer recalled her encounter with the mother years later, saying, "I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet.
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5 days ago · Florence Owens Thompson and her children were in a California pea-pickers camp. Lange’s documentary approach brought to light the human cost of economic struggles powerfully reminded the struggles of the marginalized.
