The Majority Finds Its Past: Placing Women in History [Paperback]

Gerda Lerner (Author), Linda K. Kerber (Foreword)

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ISBN-10: 0807856061 | ISBN-13: 978-0807856062 | Publication Date: March 23, 2005

Lauded for its contribution to the theory and conceptualization of the field of women's history and for its sensitivity to the differences of class, ethnicity, race, and culture among women, The Majority Finds Its Past became a classic volume in women's history after its original publication in 1979. This edition includes a foreword by Linda K. Kerber, introducing a new generation of readers to Gerda Lerner's body of work and highlighting the importance of the essays in this collection to the development of the field that Lerner helped establish.

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"Lerner's fervent personal and professional commitment to developing the field of women's history should continue to spur researchers to study their own past, to pose new questions, and to offer new critiques and conceptualizations in an ongoing effort to practice women's history and women's studies."
-- Feminist Teacher

"In a dozen keen and tough-minded essays, Gerda Lerner unravels the triple knots of sex, class, and race-and helps American women understand where we must go by showing us so clearly where we have been. (Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Ms. Magazine)"

"These essays have richness, breadth, and importance. . . . They are truly impassioned as well as wise and learned explorations. . . . They compose the intellectual autobiography of a feminist historian of the first order. (Katherine Frank, Miami Herald)"

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Lauded for its contribution to the theory and conceptualization of the field of women's history and for its sensitivity to the differences of class, ethnicity, race, and culture among women, this new edition contains a new foreword by Linda Kerber about the body of Gerda Lerner's work and the importance of the particular essays in this collection.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (March 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807856061
• ISBN-13: 978-0807856062
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,554,905 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Women's History for New Students, April 6, 2002

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This review is from: The Majority Finds Its Past: Placing Women in History (Galaxy Books) (Paperback)

This book was required reading for my first Women Studies course in college on the history of the female race. It was a truly eye-opening book at the time (1982) - and continues to be a great resource. Gerda Lerner is an admired figure in the American women's movement. She did the public a tremendous service in producing this book. Recommended for any library.