Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand (born February 2, 1905, St. Petersburg, Russia—died March 6, 1982, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Russian-born American writer whose commercially successful novels promoting individualism and laissez-faire capitalism were influential among conservatives and libertarians and popular among generations of young people in the United States from the mid-20th century. Her father, Zinovy Rosenbaum, was a prosperous pharmacist. After being tutored at home, Alissa Rosenbaum, the eldest of three children, was enrolled in...