Migrant Mother

It is one of the most iconic images in American History.  A photograph so powerful, it captured the essence of despair that gripped an entire nation, over an entire time period.  A woman holding a baby, 2 small children huddled by her side; shielding their faces over her shoulders.  The woman stares into the distance, a single hand drawn to her cheek.  Her expression, one of hopelessness and desolation; anxiety etched deep in the lines on her face. But who was this woman and what was her story?  How did this picture of her come to capture an entire generation’s struggle through the worst economic depression the country and the world, had ever experienced?  Like a book cover without a story, the chapters of her life will astound you, and her feelings toward that famous image, might just surprise you… in this revealing episode of The Missing Chapter Podcast.