The very first television ad targeted to women was produced by the Eisenhower-Nixon campaign in 1956. It includes footage of a woman supervising her children doing their homework at the kitchen table. Jill Lepore campaignchildeisenhower Change image and share on social
In antihistory, time is an illusion. Jill Lepore antihistoryillusiontime Change image and share on social
History is only written from what remains. Jill Lepore historyremainwrite Change image and share on social
My mother married my father in 1956. She was twenty-eight, and he was thirty-one. She loved him with a fierce steadiness borne of loyalty, determination, and an unyielding dignity. Jill Lepore beardeterminationdignity Change image and share on social
One day, I was playing 'The Game of Life,' the board game, with a mess of kids, and I wasn't quite sure how, but it seemed different than the game I remembered playing as a kid. So I bought an old game, from 1960, and it was different. Jill Lepore boardbuyday share on social
Damning taxes is a piece of cake. It's defending them that's hard. Jill Lepore cakedamndefend Change image and share on social
In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world. Jill Lepore citizenkindergartenlearn Change image and share on social
My grandmother, who taught me how to cook, didn't know how to read. Jill Lepore cookgrandmotherread Change image and share on social
Americans like to get rich fast. That this means we go broke fast, too, is something that we have become very good at forgetting. Our ignorance of history is matched only by our unfailing optimism; it's actually part of our optimism. Jill Lepore americanbreakfast share on social
Conservatism cherishes tradition; innovation fetishizes novelty. They tug in different directions, the one toward the past, the other toward the future. Jill Lepore cherishconservatismdirection Change image and share on social
