Lange's photographs humanized the tragic consequences of the Great Depression and profoundly influenced the development of documentary photography. Born in Hoboken New Jersey, Lange began her career in New York, later migrating to San Francisco where she opened a portrait studio in 1918. With the onset of the Great Depression, Lange turned her camera lens from the studio to the street. If Dorothea Lange was alive today, she would probably be out in United Nations Plaza, talking with and photographing the homeless. Shy as she was, Dorothea Lange was always interested in people: either her rich clients who sat for their portraits in her early career, or
Lange was born on May 25th in 1895 in Hoboken , New Jersey . Sadly, In 1902 at the young age of seven, she developed Polio, which weakened her right leg. She walked with a permanent limp the rest of her life. The neighborhood children made fun of her, and even her mother would act ashamed of her crippled
When Melissa Cooper-Prince’s eleven-year marriage suddenly ended last year, she was disillusioned, angry, and heartbroken. “I felt blindsided. I needed an emotional outlet,” so the Rockford mother began painting while her children, Hannah, 9, and Cooper, 4, were visiting their father. At first she created small, simple watercolors, but as she became more immersed in the cathartic process, she ventured into other media—as well as more technically, and emotionally, challenging compositions. Having taken only three Art and Design courses at Hope College many years ago, Cooper-Prince had limited experience as an artist, but she realized that “it was a form of therapy” as she would become lost in her art for hours and hours reflecting on her life with and without her husband.
Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt usually called Eleanor was a very heart filled woman. She cared about everyone but mainly worked hard for the disadvantaged and the poor. Eleanor matured fast and lived her younger life very independently, considering her parents died when she was awfully young. Eyes and Ears, was what many people were reminded of when they thought of Eleanor Roosevelt. She was Franklin’s eyes and ears after he was diagnosed with polio, a severe disease that paralyzes you.
Therese Bonney was a heroine to people, whom was known as the “Photofighter” in a wartime comic book that was made at the time. She led people to view many victims of the war that touched them mentally and emotionally deeply through her photos. She claims by this quote that she did this for people to see the truth, “I go forth alone, try to get the truth and then bring it back and try to make others face it and do something about it.” She didn’t want to solely express her viewpoints through photos directly by newspapers and magazines; so, she made some photo-essay books named War Comes to People and Europe’s Children. She moved millions of people through her works of
In reviewing the eight women “who came to the front during World War II” in this Library of Congress Exhibition on Women in World War II I have chosen the following three to compare and contrast. Therese Bonney, Toni Frissell, and Esther Bubley were photographers during World War II that captured the moments of war on the home front and the front lines to tell their stories. They touched millions of viewers in the United States and abroad. In contrast most of Therese Bonney’s pictures were images of homeless children and adults on the back roads of Europe. Toni Frissell’s images were mainly about nurses, front-line soldiers, WACs, African-American airmen, and orphaned children.
Gerda has used Jane Schaffer writing strategy in displaying various themes in the book. One of the themes is sustaining power of hope. The topic sentences of paragraphs that contain bad information are powerful and contain information about hope. Gerda went through a lot of misfortune for example her parents were sent to camps and died there and she was sent on a death march. However, she never lost hope and this is shown by the first sentences.
Most people remember the photograph known as the “Migrant Mother”. It became the icon of the Depression. Many remember the “Migrant Mother” picture, but few knew her real name, Florence Owens, or her story. Florence was thirty-two, and her husband, Cleo, was sick. He had come face to face with death in a fight against pneumonia.
Anne loved life and it was taken away from her. Anne's life before hiding, Anne's life while hiding, Anne's family and friends, how the Frank's got arrested, who survived the war and how Anne's diary became published was a huge part of her life. You can read about her life in several of her books across the world. Here are some of the diaries/books that are based on Anne Frank's life": The last Seven Months of Anne Frank, by Whill Lindwer(1992);Anne Frank : A Biography by Melissa Muller; Anne Frank: The missing Chapter, Roses from the Earth by Carol Anne Lee(1999). The Story of Anne frank by Mirjam Pressler(1999)- Battle over the American stage adaption of Anne Frank's diary; The Stolen Legacy of Anne frank by Ralph Melnick .
The plan consisted of distributing weapons to the slaves and trying to get a rebellion started. Harriet mostly helped John with fundraising but would have been a part of it if she had not been ill at the time. “During one of her last interviews in 1912 she referred to John as one of her dearest friends.”(Women in History 4/18/10) Between 1861 and 1865 Harriet served with the Union army during the Civil War as a laundress, scout, nurse, cook, and spy behind Confederate lines. In 1865, she was caring for the wounded black soldiers as the Matron or senior nurse at the Colored Hospital in Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Even after the war she continued helping others such as raising money for the Freedmen’s School, helping the not so wealthy children, and caring for her