Dorothea Lynch Laughs During Exam
View of thirty-four-year-old Dorothea Lynch as she laughs during an examination at the Boston Hospital for Women, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979. Diagnosed with breast cancer the preceding December, she'd previously undergone radiation treatments as well as a modified radical mastectomy and was laughing in response to the examining doctor asking if she felt 'less than a woman' after the mastectomy. The photo was part of a series entitled 'Exploding Into Life: A Struggle With Breast Cancer.' (Photo by Eugene Richards/Getty Images)
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January 01, 1979
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