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Lerner bekämpfte mit ihren Veröffentlichungen die in der Wissenschaft bis dahin geltende Darstellung, dass Geschichte etwas ist, das mit Frauen geschieht. Demgegenüber stellte sie sich die Aufgabe, die Entwicklung der Unterdrückung von Frauen und ihre Rolle in geschichtlichen Prozessen auf einer materialistischen Grundlage zu untersuchen. So kann Frauenunterdrückung nach Lerner nur mit der Klassengesellschaft zusammen gedacht - und überwunden ...

A Criação do Patriarcado explora cerca de 2.600 anos de história humana e as culturas do Antigo Oriente Próximo, para nos mostrar em um dos mais originais estudos dos últimos tempos, a origem da opressão das mulheres perpetrada pelos homens. Valendo-se de dados históricos, literários, arqueológicos e artísticos, Gerda Lerner refaz o traçado evolutivo das principais ideias, símbolos e metáforas graças às quais as relações de gênero patriarcais ...

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In "Why History Matters", Lerner sums up her thinking and research of the last 16 years, combining personal reminiscences with innovative theory that illuminates the importance of history and the vital role women have played in it. "Lerner has set a standard that few of her fellow scholars will ever match".--John Demos, "The New York Times Book Review".

Women's history is indispensable and essential to the emancipation of women. The practical argument rests on observations of the profound changes in consciousness which students of Women's History experience.

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A pioneer in women's studies and long-term activist for women's issues, and a past president of the Organization of American Historians, Gerda Lerner is one of the founders and foremost scholars of Women's History. The Creation of Patriarchy, the first book in her two-volume magnum opus Womenand History (1986) received wide review attention and much acclaim, winning the prestigious Joan Kelly Prize of the American Historical Association for th...

In deutschsprachiger Erstausgabe: Die Essays der amerikanischen Historikerin Gerda Lerner sind eine fesselnde Lektüre für alle historisch Interessierten.

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 organisational work in transforming the history profession and in establishing Women's History as a mainstream field. Six of the twelve essays are new, written especially for this volume, the others have previously appeared in small journals or were originally presented as t...

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, this new edition contains a new foreword by Linda Kerber about the body of Gerda Lerner's work and the importance of the particular essays in this collection.

This revised and expanded edition of Lerner's biography of Angelina and Sarah Grimke includes two new primary documents and an additional essay by Lerner. In a revised introduction Lerner reinterprets her own work nearly forty years later and gives new recognition to the major significance of Sarah Grimke's feminist writings.

Gerda Lerner's search to extract meaning from death's violent mystery glows with the humanist energy of an honest yet consoling and inspiring vision."-Helen Yglesias New York Times Book Review "A book about courage, written without heroics or sentimentality. This is a story out of ordinary life, about love and endurance and loyalty."-Elizabeth Janeway, author "This is a deeply moving and exquisitely sensitive account."-Daniel Schorr, journalis...

In "Fireweed, Gerda Lerner, a pioneer and leading scholar in women's history, tells her story of moral courage and commitment to social change. Focusing on the formative experiences that made her an activist for social justice before her academic career began, Lerner presents her life in the context of the major historical events of the twentieth century. Hers is a gripping story about surviving hardship and living according to one's convictions.

Recipient of the 2002 Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Historical Writing. In this "stunning collection of documents" (Washington Post Book World), African-American women speak of themselves, their lives, ambitions, and struggles from the colonial period to the present day. Theirs are stories of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face o...

Wien in den 20er Jahren. Gerda Kronstein wächst als Tochter einer Künstlerin und eines Apothekers in der höheren Wiener Gesellschaft auf, umgeben von Kindermädchen, Salons und Kammermusik. Schon als Kind und Jugendliche fällt sie durch ihre rebellische Art auf, die sie später in politische Aktivität umwandelt: Nie ein Blatt vor dem Mund und von der marxistischen Idee beeindruckt, bietet die junge Autorin den damals vorherrschenden Verhältnisse...

In "Fireweed, Gerda Lerner, a pioneer and leading scholar in women's history, tells her story of moral courage and commitment to social change. Focusing on the formative experiences that made her an activist for social justice before her academic career began, Lerner presents her life in the context of the major historical events of the twentieth century. Hers is a gripping story about surviving hardship and living according to one's convictions.