Image Of The Migrant Mother By Dorothea Lange

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Austin, Michael. “Wealth, Poverty and Social Class” Reading the World 2nd Ed 5.6 (2010): 352-356. Print This image of the Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange shows a picture of a mother and two of her seven children. The only things known form this women was that they have been living off of canned good, killing birds and her age. The photographer captures a sad truth and of the victims of the great depression. As stated earlier I have never used an image for an argument. This one unlike the previous will not help me with my essay, therefore I will not be using this image.
Austin, Michael. “Wealth, Poverty and Social Class” Reading the World 2nd Ed 5.7 (2010): 352-356. Print
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