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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Florence Owens
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Migrant Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dust Bowl migration
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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
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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
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migrant farm laborer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Indian Territory
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near Tahlequah, Oklahoma ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Watsonville, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPhotograph | Nipomo, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Modesto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Nipomo, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | symbol of Great Depression hardship in the United States ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
destitute farmworker
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migrant worker ⓘ |
| spouse | Clell Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentary film "Migrant Mother: The Story of Florence Owens Thompson"
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numerous articles about "Migrant Mother" ⓘ |
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