Historical FigureFemale
Gerda Kronstein
1920 – 2013
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryGerda Hedwig Lerner was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography. She served as president of the Organization of American Historians from 1980 to 1981. In 1980, she was appointed Robinson Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught until retiring in 1991.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 30, 1920
Vienna
Date of death
January 2, 2013
Madison
Citizenship
United States · Austria · United States
Occupations & fields
historianuniversity teacherwriterscreenwriterautobiographereducator
Awards & honours
Guggenheim Fellowshiphonorary doctor of the University of ViennaKäthe Leichter PrizeAustrian Decoration for Science and ArtBruce Catton PrizeBruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book
Notable works
Women and History
- Field and occupation
- Americká historička, zabývá se problematikou žen, též překladatelka. Narozena ve Vídni.
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