Gerda Lerner draws upon her lifetime experiences as a Jewish woman, prisoner of the Nazis, refugee, housewife, and political activist to discuss the rise of fascism, McCarthyism, and the Cold War.  One of the founders of the field of women's history, her books include Black Women in White America, The Majority Finds Its Past, and The Creation of Patriarchy.

Hosted by: Department of History

In conjunction with: Afro-American Studies and Research Program, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Department of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies Program, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Institute of Communications Research, Office of the Chancellor, Program in Jewish Culture and Society, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program