Susan Ellen Stern was an American political activist.
14 Facts About Susan Stern
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Susan Stern was a member of the prominent anti-Vietnam War groups Students for a Democratic Society, Weatherman and the Seattle Liberation Front.
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Susan Stern wrote a memoir about her experiences, titled With the Weathermen: The Personal Journey of a Revolutionary Woman.
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Susan Stern died of drug-related heart and lung failure on July 31,1976, at University Hospital in Seattle, at the age of 33.
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Susan Stern was born Susan Ellen Tanenbaum, on January 31,1943, to David and Bernice Tanenbaum in Brooklyn, New York.
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Susan Stern was the elder of two children, her younger brother is named Roger.
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Susan Stern's parents divorced and after a custody dispute, her father was awarded custody of both children.
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Susan Stern finished her undergraduate work as a Liberal Arts Major and immediately began her Master's study in Urban Education.
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Susan Stern taught the sixth grade in a ghetto school in New York.
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Robert F Stern entered the University of Washington School of Law while Susan Stern pursued a Master's degree in social work which she completed in June, 1968.
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In June 1968, Susan Stern separated from her husband and moved to California.
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Susan Stern attended the SDS National Convention in Chicago in June 1969, where the organization's members split into various factions.
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Susan Stern worked to recruit individuals to join Weatherman for Days of Rage riots.
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Susan Stern joined the Seattle Weatherman collective, where her extensive use of drugs, provocative style of dress and habit of supporting the collective by topless dancing earned her enemies among the group's more solemn female leadership.