Gerda Lerner (1920–2013)

Gerda Lerner

Living with History / Making Social Change Lerner, is a leading feminist pioneer, a preeminent scholar in the field of Women’s History, and the author of twelve books (including The Creation of Patriarchy, the autobiography Fireweed, and the collection Why History Matters). This stimulating collection of new and previously published autobiographical essays spans 1963 to the present. Encompassing Lerner’s theoretical writing and her organizational work in transforming the profession of historical scholar and establishing Women’s History as a mainstream field, Living with History / Making Social Change offers rare insight into the life and work of one of the leading historians in the United States. (booksense)… (more)

Gerda Lerner

Gerda Lerner is one of the founders of the field of women's history and African-American history and is a former president of the Organization of American Historians. Lerner has played a key role in the development of women’s history curricula at Long Island University (1965-1967), at Sarah Lawrence College from 1968 to 1979 (where she established the nation's first Women's History graduate program), at Columbia University (where she was a co-founder of the Seminar on Women), and since 1980 as Robinson Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is a professor emerita of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a visiting scholar at Duke University. (booksense)… (more)

Gerda Lerner , Fireweed: A Political Autobiography.

Historian and activist Gerda Lerner will discuss and sign copies of her new book, Fireweed: A Political Biography. Covering 1963 to the present, Fireweed encompasses Lerner's theoretical writing and her work in establishing women's history as a mainstream field. Her reflections on feminism as a worldview, on the meaning of history writing, and on problems of aging lend the book unusual range and depth. Lerner is a professor emerita of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a visiting professor at Duke University. (booksense)… (more)