Highlights From 'Mother Of Women's History' Gerda Lerner's Obituary

Remembering The 'Mother Of Women's History'
This 2001 photo shows Gerda Lerner, founder of University of Wisconsin-Madison's graduate program in women's history, with an image of her autobiography, Fireweed. Lerner, a founding member of the National Organization for Woman and a pioneer in the field of womens history, has died at an assisted-living facility in Madison. She was 92. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Sarah B. Tews)
This 2001 photo shows Gerda Lerner, founder of University of Wisconsin-Madison's graduate program in women's history, with an image of her autobiography, Fireweed. Lerner, a founding member of the National Organization for Woman and a pioneer in the field of womens history, has died at an assisted-living facility in Madison. She was 92. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Sarah B. Tews)

Gerda Lerner, the 92-year-old feminist icon and pioneer of women’s history, died last week, leaving behind an embarrassingly rich obituary. There’s not a sentence in it that won’t make you feel ashamed for ever looking at BuzzFeed or having a hangover. Gerda was amazing and it wouldn’t hurt any of us to go volunteer or read a book once a while, probably.

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