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Lopsided with Jill Lepore
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
If you were a man with property in the 19th century, there's a good chance you sat for a portrait at some point. If you were an enslaved person, a Native American, or an immigrant, there's a good chance you did not. Jill Lepore addresses this lopsidedness, or asymmetry, of history as she shares her own efforts to excavate the stories of people overlooked in the official account. Sometimes this means tracking down a portrait.
You can see the portraits we discussed with Jill at our website: https://npg.si.edu/podcasts/lepore
You can see the portraits we discussed with Jill at our website: https://npg.si.edu/podcasts/lepore
Released:
Jun 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (64)
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