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1920 - 2013

Gerda Lerner

Historian and women’s history author.

One of the founders of the academic field of women’s history.

Fun Fact:

In 1963, while still an undergrad at the New School for Social Research in New York, Lerner taught “Great Women in American History”, considered to be the first regular college course on women’s history offered anywhere.

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Sources:

Gerda Lerner - Wikipedia

"Gerda Lerner" - Jewish Women's Archive

"Women’s history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92" - The Times Of Israel (2013)

"Gerda Lerner" - Wisconsin Women Making History