Woman featured in iconic Great Depression photo didn't know she was famous until 40 years later

Woman featured in iconic Great Depression photo didn't know she was famous until 40 years later

It's one of the most iconic and haunting photos of all time, up there with the likes of Hindenburg, The Falling Soldier, Burning Monk, Napalm Girl, and many others. It's called simply Migrant Mother, and it paints a better picture of the time in which it was taken than any book or interview possibly could.Nearly everyone across the globe knows Florence Owens Thompson's face from newspapers, magazines, and history books. The young, destitute moth…