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Birth
Ayn Rand was born in Saint Petursburg, Russia to a Russian Jewish family. She was taught and raised in Russia for all of her childhood. -
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Ayn Rand's Lifetime
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October Revolution
The October Revolution caused Ayn's father's business to be confiscated and the family was forced to relocate. They left and traveled to the Crimean Peninsula. -
Atheist
In highschool, Ayn Rand decided that she was an atheist. She valued reason and logic, completely disregarding any supernatural, mythological or any religious beliefs. She believed that man should stand for man alone. -
Petrograd State University
At the age of 16, Ayn was accepted in Petrograd State University in one of the first groups of women to attent the school. She studied social pedagogy and majored in history. There, she was introduced to many of her soon-to-be inspirations, one of which was Aristotle. Later in her school years, she was purged along with many other students sharing her situation at the university, but was allowed to attend and finish her studies to graduate after complaints from foreign scientists to the school. -
Departure
On January 17th, Ayn Rand left to the US to visit American relatives. She quickly fell in love with the US and decided to stay to work further on her writing career. She first stayed with a friend for a few months until moving to Hollywood, CA where she struggled with money until landing a job with a movie director as a junior screenwriter. -
Wedding
She married Frank O'Connor, an aspiring young actor. -
Published First Novel
"We the Living," an autobriographical novel was published in 1936. -
Depression
After completing her last novel, Atlas Shrugged, Rand fell into a deep depression. Atlas Shrugged was a turning point in her life, and afterwards she ended her career as a writer and began her life as a philosopher. -
Cancer
In 1974, Rand underwent surgery for lung cancer that she developed from smoking. -
Work Declined
Her husband died on Novemeber 9th and soon after, Rand's work with the Objectivist Movement ended.