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Florence Leona <I>Christie</I> Thompson

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Florence Leona Christie Thompson

Original Name
Florence Leona Christie
Birth
Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
16 Sep 1983 (aged 80)
Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Burial
Hughson, Stanislaus County, California, USA
Plot
Peacevale Garden
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American Folk Figure. Born Florence Leona Christie in Oklahoma of Cherokee descent, she is remembered as being the subject of photographer and photojournalist Dorothea Lange's famous photograph "Migrant Mother" (1936). The image became known as an iconic image of The Great Depression. Florence had ten children, and lived until the age of 80, dying from cancer in Scotts Valley, California, in 1983. She outlived her husband Cleo by fifty two years. Her gravestone epitaph reads "Migrant Mother–A Legend of the Strength of American Motherhood."
American Folk Figure. Born Florence Leona Christie in Oklahoma of Cherokee descent, she is remembered as being the subject of photographer and photojournalist Dorothea Lange's famous photograph "Migrant Mother" (1936). The image became known as an iconic image of The Great Depression. Florence had ten children, and lived until the age of 80, dying from cancer in Scotts Valley, California, in 1983. She outlived her husband Cleo by fifty two years. Her gravestone epitaph reads "Migrant Mother–A Legend of the Strength of American Motherhood."

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MIGRANT MOTHER: A LEGEND OF THE STRENGTH OF AMERICAN MOTHERHOOD.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: The Silent Forgotten
  • Added: Sep 3, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21325119/florence_leona-thompson: accessed ), memorial page for Florence Leona Christie Thompson (1 Sep 1903–16 Sep 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21325119, citing Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.