Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange was an American journalist, photojournalist, photographer, and documentarian. Born in Hoboken, she worked in the United States, particularly in San Francisco. Her notable works include the photograph *Migrant Mother*, taken in Nipomo, California, and her contribution to the creative work *The Plow That Broke the Plains*. She also authored works such as *River of Blood* and *Dorothea Lange looks at the American country woman*.

Lange was employed by the Farm Security Administration, the War Relocation Authority, and the San Francisco Art Institute. She was educated at Columbia University and spoke Spanish and English. Her medical history includes poliomyelitis. She was married to Maynard Dixon and Paul Schuster Taylor.

Lange received the Guggenheim Fellowship and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the California Hall of Fame. Her works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. She died of esophageal cancer in San Francisco in 1965.