Gerda Lerner
Gerda Lerner · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Founder of the academic field of women's history, establishing the first graduate program in the discipline and authoring foundational works on women's past.
1920, Vienna, Austria — 2013, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Vienna, Austria; New York City; Madison, Wisconsin
Gerda Lerner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Founder of the academic field of women's history, establishing the first graduate program in the discipline and authoring foundational works on women's past.
Gerda Lerner was a founder of the academic field of women's history. Born to a Jewish family in Vienna, she and her mother were imprisoned by the Gestapo before she fled the Nazis and reached the United States in 1939. She established the first graduate program in women's history and wrote foundational works such as 'The Creation of Patriarchy,' transforming how the past of women is understood.
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Source: Jewish Women's Archive; Wikipedia
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Founder of the academic field of women's history, establishing the first graduate program in the discipline and authoring foundational works on women's past.
Source: Jewish Women's Archive; Wikipedia
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