How Did Dorothea Lange Affect Society

Dorothea Lange was a photographer in the 1920’s. She influenced the timeframe she was in.
Dorothea Lange was born on May 26, 1895. She was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her maiden name was Dorothea Nutzhorn. Dorothea came from a family of 4. She had one brother named Martin, her dad was named Heinrich, and her mom was named Johanna. Her parents got divorced in Dorothea's teen years, and she blamed the divorce on her father so she changed her last name to Lange. At age 7, Dorothea was struck with polio, and her right leg and foot was very weakened. Later in life, she was thankful that she got polio because that’s what guided her life. Art and Literature were a big part of her education, and those were the subjects she liked the most.
In Dorothea’s young adult life, she decided that she wanted to be a photographer, so she went to Columbia University to learn about that type of art. She also enrolled at a school in New York to learn about teaching. She didn’t want to be a teacher, but she did want to be a photographer. She ended up working in a photography studio of Arnold
For instance, during the Great Depression, she photographed people who were suffering. In the Dust Bowl era when drought forced farming families to move West, she took photos of hard times. One of her most well known photographs was during this time, and was titled “Migrant Mother.” She did extensive traveling all over the world to places where hardships were taking place. She had great compassion toward hurting people and wanted the rest of the world to see what they were enduring. (Americanswhotellthetruth.org) Dorothy was the first woman to receive the Guggenheim fellowship award, which was given too one who “demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.”