"Dorothea Lange and Photography for Social Justice" Lecture

This talk by the renowned historian and scholar Linda Gordon — the author of more than a dozen books, including the classic history of birth control in the USA, "Woman’s Body, Woman’s Right" (1976)—will focus on the life and work of Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange and how she used her camera to dignify subjects that at the time were viewed disdainfully, even insultingly—notably sharecroppers and migrant farmworkers. Gordon’s "Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits" (2009) won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for best biography and the American Historical Association’s Bancroft Prize for best book in US history. The talk will be held in conjunction with the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery’s exhibition, "Dorothea Lange’s America."