Ariel Durant was a Ukrainian-born American researcher and writer and the coauthor of The Story of Civilization with her husband Will Durant.
Born in Proskurov, Russian Empire as Chaya (Ida) Kaufman to Jewish parents Ethel Appel Kaufman and Joseph Kaufman. The family emigrated to the United States in 1901. She had three sisters, Sarah, Mary and Flora, and a brother, Harry.
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