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A Migrant Mother

This photograph depicts a 32 year old mother moving from the east to the west due to food insecurity. The farms in the east began to fail, due to the dust bowl and overuse of the land, so the government created a program called the FSA (Farm Security Association) to help them relocate to have a better chance with their farms.

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1998021539/PP/

February, 1936

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