Dorothea Lange
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was born in 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her
family had come from Germany to the United States as immigrants. When
Dorothea was seven years old, she suffered from polio. In 1907, her father
left her family. And soon, her mother became an alcoholic. Dorothea was
lonely in high school until she bega ....
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.... while on assignment in New
Mexico, she remarried to Paul Taylor.
In 1939, she began her first major project. Later, she worked for the
Farm Security Administration. However, much conflict arose and in 1940
she was dismissed for the last time.
In the 1950’s and 60’s Dorotheas’s husband, Paul, spent six months
photographing developing countries and Asia. Dorothea began having
reoccurring ulcers. She was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. When
she was in the ....
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