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Eleanor E. Raskin ''née'' Stein; (born March 16, 1946) was a member of Weatherman. She is currently an administrative law judge at the New York State Public Service Commission. == Early life == Eleanor E. Stein〔"Eleanor Raskin" is the name that the FBI files referred to her as and what most people during the Weatherman period knew her by. However, she was only married for a brief time to Jonah Raskin. Today, she goes by the name, "Eleanor Stein," and to avoid confusion, this article refers to her by that name throughout.〕 was born on March 16, 1946.〔(Jones 3)〕 Her parents, Annie and Arthur Stein, were Jewish and belonged to the Communist Party.〔(Jones 60-65)〕 Her father, Arthur Stein, was an economist in the New Deal and her mother, Annie, was active in promoting social causes such as civil rights.〔(Montgomery)〕 Before Stein was five years old, her mother, who was the secretary of the Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws, allowed her to arrange pastries on a large platter before every meeting.〔(Jones 101)〕 Stein looked forward to the arrival of Mary Church Terrell〔Mary Church Terrell was an African American woman who fought for equality and social reform. Additional information on her can be found on Wikipedia and http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_terrell_1.html〕 at these meetings, because Terrell would usually bring a small present for her.〔 On Saturdays, Annie Stein would dress up the children and stand on street corners, passing out literature to passersby.〔 During the month of January or June, Stein would accompany her grandfather on picket lines or hand out leaflets.〔 A family friend, Chavy Wiener 〔Chavy was a nickname her Yiddish friends called her. Her real name was Evelyn. (Read Stein's tribute to Evelyn Wiener here )〕 introduced her to communism by reading to her a Soviet children's book, ''The Story of Zoya and Shura''.〔(Jones 152)〕〔Shura and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya were brother and sister who were part of the partisan resistance movement in western USSR during World War II. More information on them as well as the book can be found on http://www.greeklish.org/features/zoya/index.htm〕 When Stein was a student at Erasmus Hall High School, she was a member of the honor roll, the editor-in-chief of the school's student newspaper: ''Dutchman'', captain of the debating team and secretary for the math team.〔(Jones 155)〕 As a junior high student, she wrote a poem with political inflections called "The North Star." The opening lines are as follows: :A heavenly guide for refuge, :The way to freedom :For those escaped from the shackles of slavery :And martyrdom.〔 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「Eleanor Raskin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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