Monday, October 1

Gerda Lerner
"Women's History as a Tool for Social Change"
University Center Ballroom
7:00 PM

Gerda Lerner, who fled Nazi persecution at age 18, became a pioneer in the field of women's history, and founder of the first women's studies program in the U.S. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She chronicled her experiences as a refugee and political activist in Fireweed: A Political Autobiography.*

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*Part of the Women, Peace and Justice Project. For more information, go to http://events.adelphi.edu/wpj/

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