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Author

Don Nardo; Alexa L. Sandman and Kathleen Baxter, Consultant Editors

Publisher

Publication Date

2011

Pages

64

ISBN13

9780756544485

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Migrant Mother: How a Photograph Defined the Great Depression (Captured History)

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In the 1930s, photographer Dorothea Lange traveled the American West documenting the experiences of those devastated by the Great Depression. She wanted to use the power of the image to effect political change, but even she could hardly have expected the effect that a simple portrait of a worn-looking woman and her children would have on history. This image, taken at a migrant workers’ camp in Nipomo, California, would eventually come to be seen as the very symbol of the Depression. The photograph helped reveal the true cost of the disaster on human lives and shocked the U.S. government into providing relief for the millions of other families devastated by the Depression.

  • Age Range: 10 – 12 years
  • Grade Level: 5 – 7
  • Lexile Measure: 900L

Additional information

Author

Don Nardo; Alexa L. Sandman and Kathleen Baxter, Consultant Editors

Publisher

Publication Date

2011

Pages

64

ISBN13

9780756544485

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