Margaret Bourke-White

(1904-1971)

American photographer and documentary photographer.(1904-1971)

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Margaret Bourke-White (June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971) was an American photographer and documentary photographer. She is best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry under the Soviet's five-year plan, the first American female war photojournalist, and having one of her photographs (the construction of Fort Peck Dam) on the cover of the first issue of Life magazine. She died of Parkinson's disease about eighteen years after developing symptoms.

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Born	Margaret White 14 June 1904 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died	27 August 1971 (aged 67) Darien, Connecticut
Zodiac	Gemini
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