Dorothea Mackellar

In the attempt to bring light to the widespread death from starvation in Ethiopia in 1985, Stan Grossfield captured this photo of a starving mother and her child and he called this”Famine in Ethiopia”. After visiting the Ethiopians he was feeling extreme sadness over the struggles he saw.While this image may seem visually simple, this image has a powerful emotional effect on others, winning the Pulitzer Prize of 1985. Stan Grossfield photographed the "Ethiopian" which references madonna and…

Dorothea Lynde Dix: A Defender And Protector Dorothea Dix advanced the world of assisting the mentally ill in giant leaps and strides. Some may feud over how important Dorothea is, but those who know her story know the truth. Not only did she nurture the mentally ill, she also felt responsible for the blind and deaf, and she cared for those who could not care for themselves. Dorothea was born on April 4, 1802 in Hampden, Maine. Her father was a puritan pastor, and her mother stayed home and…

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work. Dorothea Lange worked with art media and photography. She took picture of some of the world most important and significant events. Dorothea Lange liked to capture the emotions in pictures. Age range 4th-5th grade Lesson 1: In this lesson students learned about Dorothea Lange and the signigicant of her work. Students had learned about Dorothea Langes background, her younger…

There are various reasons as to why I’m deserving of the Etna-Dixmont School Scholarship. The most prevalent reason is my family history and connection with the town of Dixmont. My father and my grandparents moved to from Massachusetts to Dixmont, Maine when he was in second grade. My grandfather bought a house on Route 9 in Dixmont, and some other land in addition to that. The Dixmont Corner Church was built in 1835, and had an active one room school house next to it that was built in 1808. The…

school in a womens’ jail in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. As she teaches, she is consistently appalled by the treatment of mentally ill inmates.This experience starts a crusade that lasts the next 46 years until the day of her death. This woman is Dorothea Lynde Dix. Born to a poor family in 1802, she was possibly neglected and saw her early life as bleak and lonely. Dix moved to live with her grandparents at the young age of twelve, which was the first of several dramatic turns in her life.…

social ills of our society. Artists’ such as Dorothea Lange and Banksy reflect these ideals of informing society about what is going on in the world through their artworks. Therefore, art does reflect the society of its time and for this reason it also plays an important role in our society, raising awareness of issues that we as a society face, in attempt to provoke change. In the past, the motive for art was to express societies attitudes of the time. Dorothea Lange, is an artist who uses her…

Dorothea Dix She was born in Hampden Maine, April 4, 1802. She was the eldest of three children and her father was a religious fanatic and distributor of religious tracts who made Dorothea stitch and paste the tracts together, a chore she hated. When she was 12 she went to live with her grandmother in Boston, then she went to live with her aunt in Worcester, Massachusetts. She came back and started teaching at age 14. In 1819 she went back to boston and funded the dix mansion, a school for girls…

It is often said that artists portray their experiences and thoughts through their work. Photographer Dorothea Lange and author Eugenia Collier both capture the setting of the Depression Era with corresponding works, “Migrant” and “Marigold”. The photo “Migrant” is a photo a “fatigued mother of seven” during the Depression Era. And the story “Marigold” is about a young teenage girl living with her family during the Depression Era. The photo was taken just outside the doorway of a canvas tent…

Dorothea Lynde Dix Born on April the fourth, 1802 in Hampden, Main, Dorothea Lynde Dix was born into a household with a depressed mother, a father who was never around, and two brothers (history.com). Her lifetime obsession with books came from her father teaching her reading and writing as a kid (history.com). Dorothea’s education furthered when her grandmother took her in at the age of 12 in Boston (history.com). Dorothea began writing books that sold swiftly when her health kept her…

what they did. Few of those individuals were recognized for the difference they made. Dorothea Dix, Gandhi, and Irena Sendler were in that small percent of people who made a huge difference but got recognized for it. Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden, Maine on April 4, 1802. She ran the household and raised her brothers from a young age. Her father taught her to read, write, and helped with her schooling. Dorothea ,as a child, led a very lonely life. Then, at age 12 she moved to Boston with her…