http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/04/168612148/gerda-lerner-dies-womens-studies-trailblazer

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/04/168612148/gerda-lerner-dies-womens-studies-trailblazer

Gerda Lerner recently passed at the age of 92.  Anyone who has taken a women’s studies class has Gerda Lerner to thank.  She is the woman who created the women’s studies academic discipline, and was an influential feminist in her lifetime.  This NPR article gives an overview of some of the historic moments in her life.