persons Lerner, Gerda

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Name Lerner, Gerda
Alternative Names
  • alternative name >> given name: Gerda Hedwig Kronstein
  • ID 9511
    Gender female
    Lifespan 1920-04-30 - 2013-01-02
    Professions writer (Q36180), historian (Q201788)
    Collection(s)
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  • manually created entity
  • Uri(s) https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/9511/
    https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/9536/
    https://d-nb.info/gnd/118571974
    Notes She was a pioneer in women's history studies. After having written her dissertation on the Grimké sisters, she established in 1972 the first women's history programme at Sarah Lawrence college. At the University of Wisconsin she established the first doctoral studies programme in women's history.

    Relations

    Institution

    Start End Other relation type Related Institution
    1991 related >> taught at >> lectured at Duke University
    1992 related >> had named after him/herself Lerner-Scott Prize
    1965 1967 related >> worked for/at >> taught at Long Island University (Greenvale, NY)

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    related >> related to >> child of Kronstein, Ili
    1941 1973 related >> in a relationship with >> married to Lerner, Carl

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    1920-04-30 related >> born in Vienna
    2013-01-02 related >> died in Madison, WI
    1949 related >> moved to New York, NY
    Place of Birth Vienna
    2022-06-07 related >> had named after him/herself Gerda Lerner Hörsaal, 1010 University of Vienna
    2016 related >> had named after him/herself Gerda-Lerner-Hof, 1190 Vienna
    2017 related >> had named after him/herself Gerda-Lerner-Park, 1180 Vienna

    Work

    Start End Other relation type Related Work
    1972 related >> wrote >> author of Black Women in White America
    1977 related >> wrote >> author of The Female Experience
    1986 related >> wrote >> author of The Creation of Patriarchy
    1993 related >> wrote >> author of The creation of feminist consciousness
    2003 related >> wrote >> author of Fireweed: A Political Autobiography
    1955 related >> wrote >> author of No Farewell

    Label

    Label Start End Label type ISO Code
    Gerda Hedwig Kronstein alternative name >> given name deu
    Lerner, Gerda Legacy name (merge) deu

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