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We are in the process of becoming. Gerda Lerner. Life, Running, Men. 62 Copy quote. Women's history is the primary tool for women's emancipation. Gerda Lerner. Tools, Emancipation, Primaries. 58 Copy quote. Women's history is women's right-an essential, indispensable heritage from which we can draw pride, comfort, courage, and long range vision.
15 quotes from Gerda Lerner: 'The system of patriarchy can function only with the cooperation of women.
- Speech
- Why History Matters
- The Majority Finds Its Past
Men have been writing the history of the world from their point of view, and according to their sets of values, for over 2000 years. In fact, 4000 years, if you want to be strict about it. Because...
In the final analysis, after a lifetime spent as a writer and as a historian, I must take a stand in my own right. History matters to me, for the many and complex reasons that are documented in thi...
During the interview at Columbia, prior to my admission to the Ph.D. program, I was asked a standard question: Why did I take the study of history? Without hesitating I replied that I wanted to put...
Mar 14, 2018 · 10 Quotes from the Jewish Founder of Women's History Month. March 14, 2018. Abby Richmond Bella Book. Women's history pioneer Gerda Lerner (1920 – 2013) in 1981. Photo: Martha Nelson. University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives. Gerda Lerner is the reason why Women’s History Month exists.
- Gerda Lerner
- 1986
- “The system of patriarchy can function only with the cooperation of women. This cooperation is secured by a variety of means: gender indoctrination; educational deprivation; the denial of women of knowledge of their history; the dividing of women, on from another, by defining "respectability" and "deviance" according to women's sexual activities; by restraints and outright coercion; by discrimination in access to economic resources and political power; and by awarding class privileges to conforming women.”
- “It should be noted that when we speak of relative improvements in the status of women in a given society, this frequently means only that we are seeing improvements in the degree in which their situation affords them opportunities to exert some leverage within the system of patriarchy.
- “By making the term "man" subsume "woman" and arrogate to itself the representation of all humanity, men have built a conceptual error of vast proportion into all of their thought.
- “The system of patriarchy can function only with the cooperation of women. This cooperation is secured by a variety of means: gender indoctrination; educational deprivation; the denial to women of knowledge of their history; the dividing of women, one from the other, by defining “respectability”
Gerda Lerner quotes. Women's history is the primary tool for women's emancipation. -- Gerda Lerner. #Tools #Emancipation. We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always ...
Jan 2, 2013 · By Mariana Brandman, NWHM Predoctoral Fellow in Women’s History | 2020-2022. Gerda Lerner, the “godmother of women’s history,” fled Nazi-occupied Austria and became an accomplished historian and advocate for female scholars.
