Melitta Gerhard (born November 22, 1891 in Berlin, † November 10, 1981 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American literary historian of German origin. She was the first woman to receive the Venia Legendi for German literary history.
In 1927 she became the first woman in Germany to be a private lecturer in German literary history and taught at Kiel University from 1927 to 1933.
In April 1933 Gerhard was suspended as a Jew and
Revoked his teaching license on September 9, 1933.
Gerhard then emigrated to the USA.
There she initially taught as a visiting professor at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. After her final move to the USA in 1937 (together with her mother and her brother Dietrich), she earned her living by teaching German to soldiers in St. Louis. From 1938 to 1942 she taught at Rockford College, Illinois, then for two years at the University of Missouri, Columbia. From 1946 until her retirement, Gerhard was a professor at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio.
In 1965 she was awarded an honorary doctorate as part of the 300th anniversary of the University of Kiel.
In 1927 she became the first woman in Germany to be a private lecturer in German literary history and taught at Kiel University from 1927 to 1933.
In April 1933 Gerhard was suspended as a Jew and
Revoked his teaching license on September 9, 1933.
Gerhard then emigrated to the USA.
There she initially taught as a visiting professor at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. After her final move to the USA in 1937 (together with her mother and her brother Dietrich), she earned her living by teaching German to soldiers in St. Louis. From 1938 to 1942 she taught at Rockford College, Illinois, then for two years at the University of Missouri, Columbia. From 1946 until her retirement, Gerhard was a professor at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio.
In 1965 she was awarded an honorary doctorate as part of the 300th anniversary of the University of Kiel.
Melitta Gerhard (born November 22, 1891 in Berlin, † November 10, 1981 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American literary historian of German origin. She was the first woman to receive the Venia Legendi for German literary history.
In 1927 she became the first woman in Germany to be a private lecturer in German literary history and taught at Kiel University from 1927 to 1933.
In April 1933 Gerhard was suspended as a Jew and
Revoked his teaching license on September 9, 1933.
Gerhard then emigrated to the USA.
There she initially taught as a visiting professor at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. After her final move to the USA in 1937 (together with her mother and her brother Dietrich), she earned her living by teaching German to soldiers in St. Louis. From 1938 to 1942 she taught at Rockford College, Illinois, then for two years at the University of Missouri, Columbia. From 1946 until her retirement, Gerhard was a professor at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio.
In 1965 she was awarded an honorary doctorate as part of the 300th anniversary of the University of Kiel.
In 1927 she became the first woman in Germany to be a private lecturer in German literary history and taught at Kiel University from 1927 to 1933.
In April 1933 Gerhard was suspended as a Jew and
Revoked his teaching license on September 9, 1933.
Gerhard then emigrated to the USA.
There she initially taught as a visiting professor at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. After her final move to the USA in 1937 (together with her mother and her brother Dietrich), she earned her living by teaching German to soldiers in St. Louis. From 1938 to 1942 she taught at Rockford College, Illinois, then for two years at the University of Missouri, Columbia. From 1946 until her retirement, Gerhard was a professor at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio.
In 1965 she was awarded an honorary doctorate as part of the 300th anniversary of the University of Kiel.
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