Gerda Lerner
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Austrian-American women's history scholar (1920-2013)
Key facts
- Born
- Gerda Hedwig Kronstein , ( 1920-04-30 ) April 30, 1920, Vienna , Austria
- Died
- January 2, 2013 (2013-01-02) (aged 92), Madison , Wisconsin, U.S.
- Education
- The New School ( BA ), Columbia University ( MA , PhD )
- Occupations
- Women's history scholar and author
- Employer s
- Long Island University , Sarah Lawrence College , University of Wisconsin–Madison , Duke University , Columbia University
- Organization s
- Organization of American Historians , Congress of American Women , National Organization for Women
- Notable work
- Black Women in White America: A Documentary History (1972), The Creation of Patriarchy (1986), The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to 1870 (1993), Fireweed: A Political Autobiography (2003)
- Political party
- Communist Party USA
- Spouses
- Bobby Jensen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1940 ) Carl Lerner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 ; died 1973 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hedwig
- Family name
- Lerner
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Madison
- Occupation
- translator
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- The New School
- Employer
- Duke University
- Political party
- Communist Party of the United States of America
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- German
- Official website
- gerdalerner.com
- Image
- UW-Madison history professor Gerda Lerner.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1920-04-30
- member of
- National Organization for Women
- date of death
- 2013-01-02
- Commons category
- Gerda Lerner
- archives at
- Schlesinger Library
- name in native language
- Gerda Lerner
- birth name
- Gerda Hedwig Kronstein
- partner in business or sport
- Joan Kelly
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Encyclopedic overview
Gerda Hedwig Lerner (née Kronstein; April 30, 1920 – January 2, 2013) was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography. She served as president of the Organization of American Historians from 1980 to 1981. In 1980, she was appointed Robinson Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught until retiring in 1991.
Lerner was one of the founders of the academic field of women's history, known as the "godmother of women's history." In 1963, while still an undergraduate at the New School for Social Research, she taught "Great Women in American History", which is considered to be the first regular college course on women's history offered anywhere.
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