Question

Identify primary and secondary sources JBU

Imagine that you are a historian who wants to learn more about the experiences of women during the Great Depression of the 1930s. You find the source described below. Read the description of the source. Then complete the sentence below.

"The biography Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits describes the experience of a photographer who took pictures of women during the Great Depression. It was written by the historian Linda Gordon in 2009."

Complete the sentence.

In this case, the biography is a

A) primary source because it was written during the Great Depression by a person who lived during the Great Depression.
B) secondary source because it was written by a historian after the Great Depression.

Answer 1

The biography 'Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits' is a secondary source as it was written by a historian in 2009, well after the Great Depression, and is based on primary sources from that era.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this case, the biography Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits is a secondary source because it was written by a historian after the Great Depression. Linda Gordon's biography, published in 2009, is considered secondary because it analyzes and interprets the primary sources, which in this case could be Dorothea Lange's photographs and possibly her notes or personal writings from the time of the Great Depression. This biography provides context and scholarly research that helps in understanding the period and is based on primary source materials like the photographs taken by Lange during that era.