| Title: |
Reminiscences of Gerda Lerner
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A176
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Education and imprisonment in Vienna, 1938; emigration to United States, 1939, unskilled jobs; New School for Social Research, B.A., 1963; Columbia University, PhD., 1966; skeptical acceptance as women's historian; raising family in an integrated neighborhood; involvement with women and labor organizations; screenwriting "Black Like Me"; organization and presidency of Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Professions, 1969; organization of women's history program at Sarah Lawrence, 1970s; effect of experience on intellectual development; complexities of documenting female experience and need to restructure methods of historical inquiry; goals and responsibilities as a teacher.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 120 leaves, Tape: 1 reel/ 2 cassettes, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Speaker: |
Lerner, Gerda, 1920-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1920
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educator; Historian
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Alexander, Cathy; Goldstein, Judith
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| Organizations discussed: |
Columbia University, New York, NY; Sarah Lawrence University, Bronxville, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Columbia University, New York, NY; Feminism; Historians; North America; Oral history; Race relations--United States; Sarah Lawrence University, Bronxville, NY; United States; Women college teachers; Women's studies
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Lerner, Gerda, 1920-; New School for Social Research (New York, NY)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019643-15086
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