Ayn Rand (her first name rhymes with

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Ayn Rand (her first name rhymes with mine)
February 2, 1905 March 6, 1982
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It begins in Russia

• Ayn is born Alisa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg,
  Russia to Anna Zinovy (Fronz) Rosenbaum on Feb.
  2, 1905

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Home Life
Sisters Natasha, Nora, Alisa
Anna Rosenbaum, mom
Alisa and her dad

• Alisas father is a pharmacist with his own shop.
• She is the second of three girls
• As a youngster, she is very curious and learns to
  read at age 6.
• By age 9 decided shed be a writer

Alisa at three
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Then.

• In 1917, she witnesses the opening shots of the
  Bolshevik Revolution.
• Her father becomes fearful as his business is
  confiscated by soldiers. He worries for his
  familys safety and takes them to Yevpatoria,
  Crimea 1300 miles away from St. Petersburg.
  Crimea is now part of the Ukraine.

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Traveled from here
to here
1306 miles from St. Petersburg, Russia to Crimea
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Alisas adolesence

• She attended and finished high school in Crimea
• While there, she became very interested in United
  States history. It fascinated her that the US was
  a nation where people were allowed to live
  freely. This was different than the Utopian ideal
  that the Russian government was trying to promote
  at the time.

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Family moves back

• The Rosenbaums moved back to St. Petersburg.
  Alisa continued her schooling at the University
  of Petrograd. She studied Philosophy and History,
  graduating in 1924.
• She studied screenwriting as a career at the
  State Institute of Cinema Arts.
• She was very interested in watching films from
  America and with Western ideas/ culture.

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Let the writing begin.
Pola Negri

• 1925 first published piece about Polish born
  actress Pola Negri.
• 1926 wrote a booklet entitled, Hollywood
  American Movie City published in Russia

Hollywood American Movie City
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Freedom!
Alisas passport picture, 1925

• 1925 - granted permission from the Soviet
  authorities to leave the country to visit
  relatives.
• Leaves Russia, never to return
• Arrives in New York in 1926
• Does visit relatives in Chicago
• Makes her way to Hollywood to be a screenwriter

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HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD

• Day 2 in Hollywood Meets famous director Cecil
  B. DeMille and gets a job working in the studios
• Changes her name to Ayn Rand

Cecil B. DeMille
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Frank Ayn

• Meets her future husband, actor Frank OConnor,
  at the studios. They get married in 1929 and
  remain together until his death in 1979.
• Rand dies in March, 1982

Frank Ayn, 1964
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Published Works

• 1936 We The Living
• 1943 The Fountainhead
• 1957 Atlas Shrugged
• 1946 - Anthem
• During her writing career, she wrote
  screenplays, plays, essays, articles, and
  speeches. She also gave lectures at colleges and
  taught at the college level.

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