Dorothea Lange was a photographer born in 1895 who is best known for her documentary photos taken during the Great Depression that captured the hardship faced by farmers and migrant workers. Some of her most famous photos include "Migrant Mother" from 1936, which depicts a mother and her children, and a series of photos taken of a woman named Florence Thompson and her children in a pea pickers' camp. Lange worked to document the human impact of the Depression through photos she took while leading the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration. Her black and white photos helped bring awareness to the struggles of ordinary Americans during this difficult time period.