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Nell Irvin Painter

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Nell Irvin Painter is the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton University and Madame Chairman of the MacDowell artists' residency. She is author or editor of ten books, including The History of White People, Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over, and Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol.

Nell Irvin Painter Books

I Just Keep Talking book cover

I Just Keep Talking

Nell Irvin Painter
Southern History across the Color Line, Second Edition book cover

Southern History across the Color Line, Second Edition

Nell Irvin Painter
She Votes book cover

She Votes

Bridget Quinn
Confederate Statues and Memorialization book cover

Confederate Statues and Memorialization

Catherine Clinton
Sojourner Truth book cover

Sojourner Truth

Nell Irvin Painter
Old In Art School book cover

Old In Art School

Nell Painter
The Secret Eye book cover

The Secret Eye

Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas
Southern History across the Color Line book cover

Southern History across the Color Line

Nell Irvin Painter
The History of White People book cover

The History of White People

Nell Irvin Painter
Standing at Armageddon book cover

Standing at Armageddon

Nell Irvin Painter
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl book cover

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs
Narrative of Sojourner Truth book cover

Narrative of Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth
Exodusters book cover

Exodusters

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