NELL IRVIN PAINTER is the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton University. Her most recent books are The History of White People and Standing at Armageddon: A Grassroots Histo...view moreNELL IRVIN PAINTER is the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton University. Her most recent books are The History of White People and Standing at Armageddon: A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era.view less