... in New York City and actually took a class taught by Clarence White, another famous photographer. After being an apprentice for several studios in New York City, she moved out to San Francisco in 1918 and started her own successful portrait studio. There she met her first husband, famous painter Maynard Dixon and had two sons named Daniel and John. When the effects ... ...
... of Japanese American citizens to internment camps, recorded the efforts of women and minority workers in wartime industries at California shipyards, and covered the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco. Only illness prevented her from completing a 1940 Simon Guggenheim Foundation grant to travel the country photographing the American people. Dorothea Lange is a brilliant photographer, she portrayed the life during the ... ...
... our simple request of having a racial equality clause included in the League of Nations Covenant. In 1905, California passed anti-Japanese legislation. In the following year, the school board in San Francisco even ordered Japanese and other Asian children to attend segregated schools. In 1924, America passed the Japanese Exclusion Act to shut off Japanese immigration into the US. With this series ... ...
