History: The Great Depression By Dorothea Lange, 1939-1943, United States

On May 28, 2008, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver announced Lange's induction into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts. The induction ceremony took place on December 15 and her son accepted the honor in her place.
In 2006, a school was named in her honor in Nipomo, California, near the site where she photographed "Migrant Mother"