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A major new work by a leading historian and pioneer in women's studies, The Creation of Patriarchy is a radical reconceptualization of Western civilization that makes gender central to its analysis. Gerda Lerner argues that male dominance over women is not "natural" or biological, but the product read more...

"All human beings are practicing historians," writes Gerda Lerner. "We live our lives; we tell our stories. It is as natural as breathing." It is as important as breathing, too. History shapes our self-definition and our relationship to community; it locates us in time and place and helps to give read more...

?Gerda Lerner?s search to extract meaning from death?s violent mystery glows with the humanist energy of an honest yet consoling and inspiring vision.??Helen YglesiasNew York Times Book Review ?A book about courage, written without heroics or sentimentality? This is a story out of ordinary life, read more...

"In Fireweed, Gerda Lerner, a pioneer and leading scholar in Women's History, tells her story of moral courage and commitment to social change with a novelist's skill and a historian's command of context. Lerner's memoir focuses on the formative experiences that made her an activist for social read more...