5Migrant Mother (1936)
Dorothea Lange’s photograph of Florence Owens Thompson and her children during the Great Depression has become one of the most iconic images of that era. Taken in 1936, “Migrant Mother” depicts a weary mother gazing into the distance, her children clinging to her for comfort. The photo captured the devastating human toll of the economic collapse in the United States and became a symbol of the struggle and resilience of the working poor.
