The Life of Dorothea Lange To say that Dorothea Lange led a full life is an understatement. She led and extraordinary life and it is a fascinating tale. As you will see‚ she was an amazing person‚ charming and likeable‚ but also a person with just as many hardships as the subjects of her work. Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn’s story begins on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey. She was born at home and was the first born to second generation German emigrants Heinrich and Johanna Nutzhorn.
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Dorothea Lange was born on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey to Joanna and Heinrich Nutzhorn. Her father worked as a lawyer and her mother stayed home to raise her and her brother. At the age of seven Dorothea came down with polio‚ which left her with permanent damage to her right leg. Suffering from this disease cause Dorothea to develop her compassion for people suffering since she had lived through suffering herself. At the age of twelve her parents separated‚ and Dorothea blamed her father
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Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar better know as Dorothea Mackellar was a famous Australian poet and fiction writer and was born on the 1st of July 1885 to father- physician and parliamentarian Sir Mackellar and mother- Marion Mackellar at Dunra‚ on Point Piper in Sydney. She grew up with two older brothers (Keith and Eric) and one brother (Malcolm) that was younger than her. Dorothea died at the age of sixty two after suffering an extended period of sickness. Dorothea’s poetry is regarded as bush
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Dorothea Lange An American Photographer Dorothea Lange‚ born May 26‚ 1895 and passed Oct 11‚ 1965 would best be described as an artistic and political intellectual‚ working systematically toward refining the emotional and political communicative power of her photography. She attended the New York Training School for Teachers from 1914 to 1917‚ and there decided to become a photographer‚ partly influenced by visits to the photographer Arnold
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Jack Prewitt Professor Karlstein PHOT 107 6 May 2017 Dorothea Lange Research Paper Dorothea Lange was a photographer from the United States who became well known for her photographic journalism on farmers during the Great Depression. Before I go into detail about her work as a photographer‚ I will offer background to her past. Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn was born on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey. She was born to Heinrich Nutzhorn and Johanna Lange‚ second generation German immigrants who resided
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The Life and Impact of Dorothea Dix: A 19th Century Revolutionary By Chandrawatie Khemraj Introduction In 2009‚ the staff writers of Nurseblogger‚ an Online resource for nurses‚ doctors‚ and medical enthusiasts‚ published a list titled the‚ “25 Most Famous Nurses in History”. Number 20 on their list was a woman by the name of Dorothea Dix. On a list featuring big nursing names like Florence Nightingale and Mary Mahoney‚ Dorothea Dix is a strange choice for a landmark woman of nursing
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It was during the Great Depression in the United States that a photographer for the Resettlement Administration‚ Dorothea Lange‚ stepped outside of the studio and focused her work on the suffering she was witnessing around her. The Resettlement Administration is a New Deal agency that focuses on helping poor families relocate. This job lead Lange to Nipomo‚ California where she found herself at a campsite crowded with out-of-work pea pickers. Lange approached a woman who had been suffering from the
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MY COUNTRY: ANALYSIS Dorothea Mackellar’s ‘My Country’ is a poem expressing Mackellar’s deep passion and love for her country‚ Australia. The whole poem’s intention seems to evoke the sense of praising for the country and express Mackellar’s deep relationship and passion with her land. Mackellar attains this response from the audience by using numerous language techniques such as; Juxtaposition‚ personification‚ sound patterns including alliteration and assonance‚ imagery‚ and paradox. The use of
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Dorothea Dix Nov. 12th 2013 Life Chart Name of Biographee: Dorothea H. Dix Date of Birth: April 4‚ 1802 Date of Death: July 17‚ 1887 Place of Birth: Hampden‚ Maine Location where this individual spent her early life: Worcester/Boston‚ Massachusets Education: Tutored‚ homeschooled‚ self taught Spouse: N/A Children: N/A Significant Relatives: N/A Careers: Education‚ Author‚ Activist‚ War Nurse Most Significant Careers: Education‚ Activist Years of most significant effect on the history
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Introduction: "Photography takes an instant out of time‚ altering life by holding it still." -Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange was a great photographer of the Great Depression. She focused on the small things in life‚ the little details of her time‚ and today once looked back upon: are great photographs of history. Biographical Sketch: Dorothea was born in New Jersey‚ May 26‚ 1895. As a seven year old‚ she contracted polio and was left with a weakened right side. After her sickness‚ her mother seemed
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