In March 1936, Photographer Dorothea came across a camp of 2,500 poor campers and snapped a photograph of struggling mother with her children known as “Migrant Mother” the photo came to describe America’s Great Depression era. Dorothea was traveling through California, taking photographs of migrant farm worker for Resettle Administration when she came across Florence Owens Thompson, she saw and reach the hungry and hopeless mother as if drawn by a magnet. The image became a symbol of the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a critical worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, started in the United States after a major fall in stock prices, which lasted for 10 years. It was the longest, deepest, and most extensive depression of the 20th century. Great Depression is frequently used an example of how far the world’s …show more content…
Overproduction, speculation, shaky banking, Restricted international trade was the factor caused economy to move from the prosperity of the 1920s to the severe depression of the 1930s. The effects of great depression were vast across the world. Not only it leads to the New Deal in U.S but more importantly, it was a direct cause of the rise of the intolerance in Germany leading to World War II. Some of the effects of the Great Depression were, Stock Market Crash of 1929, Bank failures, Reduction in purchasing across the board, American economic policy with Europe. During the Great Depression, the greatest problem facing American was widespread unemployment. There was no unemployment insurance or bank deposit insurance. Private charities were submerged. People were homeless and went hungry. Millions depended on soup kitchen for their food. Women often experience the Depression as mother and homemakers. While men tried to find new