Linda Gordon
Linda Gordon is a professor of history and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. Her early books focused on the historical roots of social policy issues, particularly as they concern gender and family issues. In her later books, she explored other genres of history, including the biography of great photographer Dorothea Lange (2009), which won the Bancroft Prize for best book in US history.
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Masters of Photography: Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) documented rural poverty for the federal Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration from 1935 to 1939. Her powerful images--from migrant workers in California fleeing the "dustbowl," to struggling Southern sharecroppers-- became icons of the era. She later...
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