Margaret Bourke-White

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Events

World War I

July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918

Graduated from Cornell University

1927

Moved to Cleveland, and opens photography studio

Great Depression

August 1929 - March 1933

Dust Bowl

1930 - 1936

Photographs, and writes "You Have Seen Their Faces" with husband, Erskine Caldwell

1936

Joins staff of "Life" magaizine

World War II

September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945

Becomes the first woman photographer to fly on a bombing mission with U.S. Air Force

1943

Gandhi's Assassination

January 30, 1948

Korean War

June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953

covers the Korean War

1952