American photojournalist Marjory Collins was born in New York City in 1912. She worked as a photojournalist and documentary photographer for significant agencies. She was invited to work for the Foreign Service of the United States Office of War Information after writing about Hoboken, New Jersey for U.S. Camera and Travel. She wrote about the American way of life and the war effort for several assignments there. As part of the new emphasis on multiculturalism, she contributed photographic coverage of African Americans and citizens of German, German, Italian, and Jewish descent.
Collins traveled to Africa and Europe on government and commercial assignments during 1944 while working freelance for an Alaska construction company. Her subsequent work included writing about civil rights, the Vietnam War, and women’s issues.She also edited the American Journal of Public Health in the 1960s. An active political activist, Collins cofounded the feminist journal Prime Time (1971–76) “to work against the oppression of women in their prime.” In 1977, she was elected an associate of the Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press.
Marjory Collins died in 1985 at the age of 73. Below are some fascinating photographs by Marjory Collins that depict the life of the U.S. during World War II. She took these photographs for the Farm Security Administration Office of War Information.
