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Barbara Branden

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association with Rand

  • Ayn Rand
    In Ayn Rand: The Collective and the Nathaniel Branden Institute

    …and Blumenthal and his girlfriend, Barbara Weidman, became Rand’s friends as well as her intellectual followers. In 1951 the couple moved to New York, and Rand and O’Connor soon followed. There the Brandens, as Nathan and Barbara called themselves after their marriage in 1953, introduced Rand to their friends and…

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  • Ayn Rand
    In Ayn Rand: Legacy and influence

    In 1986 Barbara Branden published a memoir, The Passion of Ayn Rand, that disclosed Rand’s affair with Nathan and revealed unflattering details of her relations with members of the Collective and others. Despite the resulting damage to her reputation, her novels continued to enjoy large sales, and…

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