News of Gerda Lerner’s Death

I was sad to learn about the death of historian Gerda Lerner.

Lerner worked with NOW pioneer and the longtime head of the Wisconsin Commission on the Status of Women, Kathryn “Kay” Clarenbach. At Kay’s memorial service, Lerner said:
“Kay was the foremost organizer of the modern women’s movement, recognized as such by all who worked with her . . . the reliable, sustaining force without which there is no social change.”

Kay worked with women’s page editors to cover feminist topics in a positive way. I found proof of this in Kay’s papers at the University of Wisconsin. The finding guide is available here.

Here is a previous post about a presentation I gave about Kay.

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