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photographer had on the American people through the research question: To what extent did FSA photographer Dorothea Lange have an impact on Americans attitudes towards the Great Depression? Through further exploration into the FSA program, specifically through the works of photographer Dorothea Lange in the US from the mid-1930s up to the early 1940s. It will examine a variety of sources: Dorothea Lange’s personal notes about her photographs, interviews, and a variety of books that document her…

The War Production Coordinating Committee poster, also commonly known as “Rosie the Riveter”, is a poster depicting a fictional character created during World War II. J. Howard Miller, an artist from Pittsburgh, was hired to create a series of posters to contribute to the war effort; one included the famous “We Can Do It!” poster (Doyle). During the time period of war, America was sending the majority of their male population off to fight and the nation needed people in the workforce to replace…

electronically by means of an image sensor. It can also be done chemically a light sensitive material like photographic film. Photography was a form of art that expanded and evolved between the 1840’s and the earl 19th centuries. Jacob Riis, and Dorothea Lange where two photographers that played a vital part in the evolution of photography at this time. Jacob Riis was born on May 3, 1849, in Denmark, and immigrated to the United States in 1870 on a ship. Upon his arrival in New York City, Riis…

Could a photo of a family in a house show suffering? Dorothea Lange’s Living Conditions of Workers in Agriculture on whom Depend the Crops of California, Family of Migratory Cotton Pickers, Originally for Oklahoma, Living in Abandoned Cow Barn, Note Bed in Corner, Kern County, California (Family in Barn) offers an unusual view of Dust Bowl migrant workers that were displaced due to agricultural damage. Unlike many of her other photographs, Family in Barn does not depict squatters, or struggling…

Dr. Resnick’s own conclusion was that Yates was severely mentally ill because she reported having delusions and hallucinations. The first explanation of this was that Yates didn’t want her children to burn in hell so she drowned them because she couldn’t bear to do nothing about it. The second explanation was that Yates kept her psychosis to herself because she was under the delusion that Satan could hear what she said and force her own children. The third reason was that Yates believed it would…

blind eye on those who were mentally incapable of taking care of themselves. Dorothea Dix, an advocate for a rights movement stepped forward. Dorothea Lynde Dix uses her voice as an advocate to appeal to the State to speak out against treatment and negligence of the mentally ill and insane. She uses representation, shows examples of democracy in her explanations, as well as fairness to prove her point even farther. Dorothea Dix used the action of speaking on behalf of others, or, representation.…

Dorothea Dix was an inspirational woman and is a great role model for many people. She was a social reformer and an activist for the poverty-stricken and the mentally ill. During the Civil War, she was Superintendent of Army Nurses. She achieved many goals in her life and also accomplished more things in her life than many people. Dorothea Dix came into the world on April 4, 1802 in Hampden, Maine. Her parents, Joseph and Mary, had three children, and Dorothea was the firstborn. They lived in…

Communications 111 Kendra Hietpas Informative Speech General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To tell my audience how Dorothea Lynde Dix’s prison reform impacted the world. Central Idea: Dorothea viewed this issue as a major problem with our society and took matters into her own hands to change it. INTRODUCTION Attention Getting Material I want everybody to close their eyes. Dark, cold, chains, starvation. Open your eyes. What you just imagined were the daily issues that mentally ill…

Dorothea Lange’s Life Dorothea Lange was a famous photographer during the Great Depression. Dorothea Lange lived an interesting childhood. Lange took many popular pictures during the Great Depression era of different people. In addition even during Lange’s final years of life she still had a very fascinating life style. Dorothea Lange was an interesting person and a skillful photographer because, she had an interesting childhood, was a famous photographer during the Great depression, and a…

occurred in prisons and mental institutions all around the world. The History.com editors, writers for a world renown history website, describe the awful conditions Dorothea Dix witnessed in prisons and mental institutions: “... flogged, starved, chained, physically and sexually abused by their keepers, and left naked and without…