Papers, 1973-1984
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Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013
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Gerda Lerner was a historian and woman's history author; she also wrote poetry, fiction, theater pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography. She served as president of the Organization of American Historians and was a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lerner was one of the founders of the academic field of women's history. She played a key role in the development of women's history curricula and was involved in the development of degree programs in women's history....
Joan Kelly, 1928-1982
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Joan Kelly, historian and feminist, was born in New York City in 1928; her father was a policeman. She took night courses at St. John's University, Queens, New York, working during the day, and received her A.B., summa cum laude, in 1953. That year she was the only woman in New York State to receive a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. She received an M.A. (1954) and Ph.D. (1963) in history from Columbia University, having studied with Garret Mattingley, who considered her dissertation to b...
