“perhaps the greatest challenge to thinking women is the challenge to move from the desire for safety and approval to the most "unfeminine" quality of all -- that of intllectual arrogance, the supreme hubris which asserts to itself the right to reorder the world. The Hubris of the god makers, the hubris of the male-system builders.”
Quote by Gerda Lerner
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Gerda Lerner
Gerda Lerner was an American historian renowned for her contributions to gender studies and women's history. Her research emphasized the role of women in the historical process and advanced the narrative of gender equality in history. more
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