Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013

  • Interview with Gerda Lerner on her book A Death of One’s Own

    Tricia Del Longo interviews Dr. Gerda Lerner (1920 – 2013), an historian and pioneer in the field of women’s history. She recently published the book “A Death of One’s Own,” about her experiences with death, particularly that of her husband Carl Lerner. She discusses the right to die, the institutional neglect of the dying, her…

  • The causes of Francis Wright (Episode 1 of 6)

    The first in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by historian Gerda Lerner. Francis Wright D’Arusmont (September 6, 1795 – December 13, 1852), widely known as Fanny Wright, was an intellectual pioneer, abolitionist, lecturer, the first women traveler to write an account in the U.S., and the first women…

  • Forgotten women in American history (Series record)

    Series record for six talks on important women in American history. r.1. Frances Wright D’Arusmont (28 min.) — r.2. The Prudence Crandall Case of 1833 (Missing) — r.3. Angelina and Sarah Grimke (30 min.) — r.4. Dorothea Dix (37 min.) — r.5. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (28 min.) — r.6. Frances Willard’s…