Uh, "former aristocrat"? Her father was a business owner before the October Revolution, a class usually pretty distinct from aristocrats: https://en.wikipedia.

Uh, "former aristocrat"? Her father was a business owner before the October Revolution, a class usually pretty distinct from aristocrats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand#Early_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand#Early_life