[“Migrant agricultural worker’s family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California.” Photograph by Dorothea Lange. March 1936. From the Library of Congress.]
I want to say Happy Mother’s Day, but I also want to think about what mothers endure, with and without their children. This photograph is not “the past.”
The name of the mother in this photograph: Florence Owens Thompson.
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Mother’s Day
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The Wikipedia entry is interesting because it sounds like her seven children weren't without food and that due to circumstances the story behind the photograph isn't quite what we imagine.
Yes, there are questions about the circumstances.
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