# Kimberly Alexander

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244 Shoe Stories From Early America

There’s a saying that tells us we should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. It’s a reminder we should practice empathy and try to understand people before we cast judgement. As it happens, this expression is right on the mark because it seems when we use shoes as historical objects, we can learn…

201 Art, Politics, and Everyday Life in Early America

What kind of character should Americans have? Is it possible to create a shared sense of national character and identity that all Americans can subscribe to? Americans grappled with many questions about what it meant to be an American and a citizen of the new republic after the American Revolution…

136 Material Culture and the Making of America

What do the objects we purchase and use say about us? If we take the time to think about the material objects and clothing in our lives, we’ll find that we can actually learn a lot about ourselves and other people. The same holds true when we take the time to study the objects and clothing left be…

024 18th-Century Fashion and Material Culture

What can John Hancock’s suit tell you about the man who wore it? The clothing a person wears tells you a lot about them: Whether they are rich or poor, what kind of work they do, what colors they like, and what they value. We know that John Hancock was a wealthy merchant and prominent politician,…

299 Colonial Virginia Portraits

What can a portrait reveal about the history of colonial British America? Portraits were both deeply personal and yet collaborative artifacts left behind by people of the past. When historians look at multiple portraits created around the same time and place, their similarities can reveal importan…

244 Shoe Stories From Early America

There’s a saying that tells us we should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. It’s a reminder we should practice empathy and try to understand people before we cast judgement. As it happens, this expression is right on the mark because it seems when we use shoes as historical objects, we can learn…

201 Art, Politics, and Everyday Life in Early America

What kind of character should Americans have? Is it possible to create a shared sense of national character and identity that all Americans can subscribe to? Americans grappled with many questions about what it meant to be an American and a citizen of the new republic after the American Revolution…

136 Material Culture and the Making of America

What do the objects we purchase and use say about us? If we take the time to think about the material objects and clothing in our lives, we’ll find that we can actually learn a lot about ourselves and other people. The same holds true when we take the time to study the objects and clothing left be…

024 18th-Century Fashion and Material Culture

What can John Hancock’s suit tell you about the man who wore it? The clothing a person wears tells you a lot about them: Whether they are rich or poor, what kind of work they do, what colors they like, and what they value. We know that John Hancock was a wealthy merchant and prominent politician,…

Woy on His Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis, Transplant, and Self Advocacy

Kimberly Alexander, whose husband and former NFL player Elijah Alexander, died of multiple myeloma in 2010, sits down with longtime friend Jordan Woy to discuss his own 2023 diagnosis. Woy explains how he noticed abnormal results on routine blood work despite feeling healthy, and how a bone marrow …