Gerda Lerner
Historian, Author
1920 – 2013
Who was Gerda Lerner?
Gerda Lerner was a historian, author and teacher. She was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a visiting scholar at Duke University.
Lerner was one of the founders of the field of women's history, and was a former president of the Organization of American Historians. She played a key role in the development of women's history curricula. She taught what is considered to be the first women's history course in the world at the New School for Social Research in 1963. She was also involved in the development of similar programs at Long Island University, at Sarah Lawrence College from 1968 to 1979, at Columbia University, and since 1980 as Robinson Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
She also wrote the screenplay for her husband Carl Lerner’s film Black Like Me.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Apr 30, 1920
Vienna - Also known as
- Gerda Hedwig Kronstein
- Dr. Gerda Lerner
- Parents
- Spouses
- Carl Lerner
(1941 - 1973/08/26)
- Carl Lerner
- Religion
- Judaism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Austria
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Columbia University
American History
( - 1966) - The New School
- PhD, Columbia University
- Employment
- Duke University
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Madison
( - 2013/01/02)
- Died
- Jan 2, 2013
Madison
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Gerda Lerner." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/gerda_lerner>.
Discuss this Gerda Lerner biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In