In Praise of Aging
2009
Self-published
54 pages
An interview on “Aging” with a German magazine led Gerda Lerner to write an article on the subject. This in turn inspired her to collaborate with her friend Sandy Wojtal-Weber, a professional photographer, on a poetic and visual creation that is this book. Writing and life interacted, as did metaphor and image, to make this book broadly appealing to readers of all ages.
In Praise of Aging
2009
Self-published
54 pages
An interview on “Aging” with a German magazine led Gerda Lerner to write an article on the subject. This in turn inspired her to collaborate with her friend Sandy Wojtal-Weber, a professional photographer, on a poetic and visual creation that is this book. Writing and life interacted, as did metaphor and image, to make this book broadly appealing to readers of all ages.
Living with History / Making Social Change
2009
The University of North Carolina Press
248 pages
This stimulating collection of essays in an autobiographical framework spans the period from 1963 to the present. It encompasses Gerda Lerner’s theoretical writing and her organizational work in transforming the history profession and in establishing Women’s History as a mainstream field.
Living with History / Making Social Change
2009
The University of North Carolina Press
248 pages
This stimulating collection of essays in an autobiographical framework spans the period from 1963 to the present. It encompasses Gerda Lerner’s theoretical writing and her organizational work in transforming the history profession and in establishing Women’s History as a mainstream field.
Fireweed: A Political Autobiography
2003
Temple University Press
408 pages
In Fireweed, Gerda Lerner, a pioneer and leading scholar in women’s history, tells her story of moral courage and commitment to social change with a novelist’s skill and a historian’s command of context. Lerner’s memoir focuses on the formative experiences that made her an activist for social justice before her academic career began.
Fireweed: A Political Autobiography
2003
Temple University Press
408 pages
In Fireweed, Gerda Lerner, a pioneer and leading scholar in women’s history, tells her story of moral courage and commitment to social change with a novelist’s skill and a historian’s command of context. Lerner’s memoir focuses on the formative experiences that made her an activist for social justice before her academic career began.
The Majority Finds Its Past
2005
The University of North Carolina Press
208 pages
Lauded for its contribution to the theory and conceptualization of the field of women’s history and for its sensitivity to the differences of class, ethnicity, race, and culture among women, The Majority Finds Its Past became a classic volume in women’s history following its publication in 1979. This edition includes a foreword by Linda K. Kerber, introducing a new generation of readers to Gerda Lerner’s considerable body of work.
The Majority Finds Its Past
2005
The University of North Carolina Press
208 pages
Lauded for its contribution to the theory and conceptualization of the field of women’s history and for its sensitivity to the differences of class, ethnicity, race, and culture among women, The Majority Finds Its Past became a classic volume in women’s history following its publication in 1979. This edition includes a foreword by Linda K. Kerber, introducing a new generation of readers to Gerda Lerner’s considerable body of work.
The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina
2004
The University of North Carolina Press
400 pages
A landmark work of women’s history originally published in 1967, Gerda Lerner’s best-selling biography of Sarah and Angelina Grimké explores the lives and ideas of the only southern women to become antislavery agents in the North and pioneers for women’s rights. This revised and expanded edition includes two new primary documents and an additional essay by Lerner.
The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina
2004
The University of North Carolina Press
400 pages
A landmark work of women’s history originally published in 1967, Gerda Lerner’s best-selling biography of Sarah and Angelina Grimké explores the lives and ideas of the only southern women to become antislavery agents in the North and pioneers for women’s rights. This revised and expanded edition includes two new primary documents and an additional essay by Lerner.
Why History Matters
1997
Oxford University Press
272 pages
In Why History Matters, Gerda Lerner sums up her thinking and research of the last sixteen years, combining personal reminiscences with innovative theory that illuminate the importance of history and the vital role women have played in it. The chapters are divided into three sections, each in different ways revelatory of Lerner as a woman and a feminist.
Why History Matters
1997
Oxford University Press
272 pages
In Why History Matters, Gerda Lerner sums up her thinking and research of the last sixteen years, combining personal reminiscences with innovative theory that illuminate the importance of history and the vital role women have played in it. The chapters are divided into three sections, each in different ways revelatory of Lerner as a woman and a feminist.
The Creation of Patriarchy
1987
Oxford University Press
368 pages
A major work in women’s studies, The Creation of Patriarchy is a radical reconceptualization of Western civilization that makes gender central to its analysis. Gerda Lerner argues that male dominance over women is not “natural” or biological, but the product of an historical development begun in the second millennium B.C. in the Ancient Near East. Lerner explores such fascinating questions as: What can account for women’s exclusion from the historical process?
The Creation of Patriarchy
1987
Oxford University Press
368 pages
A major work in women’s studies, The Creation of Patriarchy is a radical reconceptualization of Western civilization that makes gender central to its analysis. Gerda Lerner argues that male dominance over women is not “natural” or biological, but the product of an historical development begun in the second millennium B.C. in the Ancient Near East. Lerner explores such fascinating questions as: What can account for women’s exclusion from the historical process?
Black Women in White America
1972
Vintage
672 pages
In this fine collection of rare documentary sources, many of them previously unpublished, African-American women in their rich diversity speak of themselves, their lives, their ambitions, their struggles. Theirs are stores of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face of racism, economic hardship, and, far too often, violence.
Black Women in White America
1972
Vintage
672 pages
In this fine collection of rare documentary sources, many of them previously unpublished, African-American women in their rich diversity speak of themselves, their lives, their ambitions, their struggles. Theirs are stores of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face of racism, economic hardship, and, far too often, violence.