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Dorothea Nutzhorn (Then later changed her last name to mother's maiden name, Lange, after her parents seperated) was born in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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When Dorothea was seven years old, she contracted polio, which weakened her right leg and foot which caused her to have a permanent limp. She said that having polio only made her stronger. " “It was the most important thing that happened to me, and formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me and humiliated me,” she said.
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A little bit before Dorothea was a teen, her parents got divorced. Later on, she decided that it was her father to blame for the divorce, so she took her mother's maiden name, Lange, as her own.
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Her parents were big supporters of her education. She had a lot of interest in arts and literature.
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Dorothea Lange graduated high school in 1914, attending Columbia University to study art form. She began to work with and for several different prefessional photographers. From that, she gained a lot of experience and skill.
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Lange moved to San Fransico and ran her own photography studio. She got married to Manyard Dixon and had two children.
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Dothea Lange took her most famous photograph, entitled "Migrant Mother" during the great depression in California. Today, the Migrant Mother is hung in the Library of Congress.
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Dorothea Lange died on October 11, 1965 in San Francisco, California of esophageal cancer.
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Dorothea Lange is still talked about and praised among today becuase she was not only one of the first photographers, but documented America during the Great Depression, a time in American history, with her mind-blowing photos that really showed the hardships of the time. She inspired many documentary photographers today, and her amazing work is still known to many people.
