Florence Owens Thompson

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Florence Owens Thompson was a destitute farmworker and mother whose image in Dorothea Lange’s iconic 1936 photograph “Migrant Mother” became a powerful symbol of the hardships of the Great Depression in the United States.

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instanceOf human
alsoKnownAs Florence Owens NERFINISHED
Migrant Mother NERFINISHED
associatedWith Dust Bowl migration
Farm Security Administration NERFINISHED
birthName Florence Leona Christie NERFINISHED
burialPlace Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, California NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath stroke
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth United States of America
dateOfBirth 1903-09-01
dateOfDeath 1983-09-16
dateOfPhotograph 1936-03
depictedBy Dorothea Lange NERFINISHED
depictedIn Migrant Mother NERFINISHED
economicCondition poverty
ethnicity Cherokee NERFINISHED
Native American
familyBackground Cherokee sharecropper family
gender female
genreOfNotability documentary photography
hasImage Migrant Mother photograph NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Great Depression NERFINISHED
influenced public perception of Great Depression hardship
languageSpoken English
livedDuring 20th century
name Florence Owens Thompson NERFINISHED
notableFor being the subject of Dorothea Lange’s 1936 photograph "Migrant Mother"
notableWork subject of the photograph "Migrant Mother"
numberOfChildren 10
occupation farmworker
migrant farm laborer
placeOfBirth Indian Territory NERFINISHED
near Tahlequah, Oklahoma
placeOfDeath Watsonville, California NERFINISHED
placeOfPhotograph Nipomo, California NERFINISHED
residence California, United States
surface form: California

Modesto, California NERFINISHED
Nipomo, California NERFINISHED
roleInHistory symbol of Great Depression hardship in the United States
socialStatus destitute farmworker
migrant worker
spouse Clell Owens NERFINISHED
subjectOf documentary film "Migrant Mother: The Story of Florence Owens Thompson" NERFINISHED
numerous articles about "Migrant Mother"

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Migrant Mother depicts Florence Owens Thompson