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The Monster of We (2021)

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Ayn Rand's Daughter, Alisa Rosenbaum

In 1905, when Ayn Rand came into the world, she wasn't called Ayn Rand. She was born with the name we would call in English Alisa Rosenbaum to a middle-class Jewish family in St. Petersburg. Her father had a chemistry business and her mother raised three daughters and took care of the home. They were very much aware of their identity as a Jewish family, but their really reference point was like high European culture,.

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