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Nell Painter

Nell Irvin Painter, a leading historian of the United States, is the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University and author of Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over.

Articles

An interview with historian Nell Irvin Painter.

Jonathan M. Square, Walter Johnson, Nell Painter

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