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Susan Ellen (Tanenbaum) Stern (January 31, 1943 – July 31, 1976) was an American political activist.〔The Susan Stern Papers.〕 She was a member of the prominent anti-Vietnam War groups Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Weatherman and the Seattle Liberation Front (SLF). Stern was tried in 1970 on charges of conspiring to damage a federal courthouse as one of the Seattle Seven. The trial ended in a mistrial due to the defendants' disruptive courtroom behavior.〔(Anarchy in Tacoma ) ''Time magazine'', December 28, 1970〕 Stern and her co-defendants; Roger Lippman, Joe Kelly, Jeff Dowd, Michael Lerner, Chip Marshall, and Mike Abeles were summarily convicted of contempt of court and sentenced to six months in prison,〔 of which Stern served three.〔(Susan Stern, a Radical Activist And Writer, Dies at 33 on Coast ) ''The New York Times'', August 2, 1976〕 She wrote a memoir entitled ''With the Weathermen: The Personal Journey of a Revolutionary Woman''〔Doubleday, 1975〕 about her experiences. ''With the Weathermen'' was reprinted in September 2007 by Rutgers University Press with an introduction by Laura Browder as part of the series Subterranean Lives. Stern died of heart and lung failure on July 31, 1976, at University Hospital in Seattle, at the age of 33.〔〔(Stern death: Alcohol, drugs cited in report ) ''UPI'', August 3, 1976〕〔Susan Stern Papers:Death Certificate, box 3〕 ==Early years== Susan Stern was born Susan Ellen Tanenbaum, on January 31, 1943, to David and Bernice (Bunny) Tanenbaum in Brooklyn, New York. Stern was the elder of two children, her younger brother is named Roger. Her parents divorced and after a custody dispute, her father was awarded custody of both children.〔David T. Courtwright, ''No Right Turn: Conservative Politics in a Liberal America'', Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2010, p. 103〕 Stern and her brother subsequently moved to New Jersey with their father when she was nine. Stern’s father, a wealthy Jewish businessman, had high expectations of his children, which was difficult for Susan Stern.,〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Susan Stern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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