Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Gerda Lerner
Born: April 30, 1920
Died: January 2, 2013 (aged 92)
Bio: Gerda Hedwig Lerner was an Austrian-born American historian and author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theater pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography. She served as president of the Organization of American Historians in 1980-81.
Known for:
- Why history matters (1997)
- Fireweed (2002)
- Black Women in White America (1972)
- The majority finds its past (1979)
- The Grimké sisters from South Carolina (1967)