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

Lange died of esophageal cancer on October 11, 1965, age 70. She was survived by her second husband, Paul Taylor, two children, three stepchildren, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Legacy
In 1972 the Whitney Museum used 27 of Lange's photographs in an exhibit entitled Executive Order 9066. This exhibit highlighted the Japanese Internment during World War II.