A pregnant woman just before her death, Greene County, Alabama
Artist
Charmian Sproule Reading
(American, 1930 - 2014)
Date1966
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 11/16 × 13 5/8 in. (24.6 × 34.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsCivil Rights Movement
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Drs. Lea and Nancy Wilds
Object number97.32
Terms
- Man
- Woman
- pregnant
- Civil Rights
- Black
- White
- Alabama
- North Carolina
On View
Not on viewLabel TextCharmian Sproule Reading American, 1930−2014 A Pregnant Woman Just Before Her Death, Greene County, Alabama, May 4, 1966 Gelatin silver print (photograph) In the tradition of documentary photographers from the 1930s, Charmian Reading traveled through the rural South to record the region’s struggles with poverty, inequality, and discrimination. Here she visits a tent city in rural Alabama, a temporary home to blacks evicted by their landlords because they registered to vote. This family’s 17-year-old daughter, standing in the center, went into labor four days after this photograph was taken. When the nearby whites-only hospital turned her away, the young woman bled to death before she could reach another clinic. Museum purchase, with funds provided by Drs. Lea and Nancy Wilds 97.32
Charles John Tyson
August 1863