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May 19, 2013 | 09:44 AM
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Obit Lerner

  This 2001 photo shows Gerda Lerner, founder of University of Wisconsin-Madison's graduate program in women's history, with an image of her autobiography, Fireweed. Lerner, a founding member of the National Organization for Woman and a pioneer in the field of women’s history, has died at an assisted-living facility in Madison. She was 92. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Sarah B. Tews)

This 2001 photo shows Gerda Lerner, founder of University of Wisconsin-Madison's graduate program in women's history, with an image of her autobiography, Fireweed. Lerner, a founding member of the National Organization for Woman and a pioneer in the field of women’s history, has died at an assisted-living facility in Madison. She was 92. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Sarah B. Tews)