About Nell Irvin Painter
Nell Irvin Painter is an American historian notable for her works on United States Southern history of the nineteenth century. She is retired from Princeton University as the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita. She has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and as president of the Southern Historical Association. She was appointed as chair of the MacDowell board of directors in 2020. Painter attended the Oakland Public Schools, including Oakland Technical High School, from which she was graduated in 1959.
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