ANNELIES “ANNE” MARIE FRANK
Annelies “Anne” Marie Frank My choice for extending the celebration of women in history is Anne Frank. A vibrant young lady whose thoughts and ideas are still thought of today by many scholars and activist alike. Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 to Otto and Edith Frank of Frankfurt, Germany. She was blessed with an older sister, Margot Frank. She grew up like any young Jewish girl in a nice neighborhood. Time moved along but things were changing. It started many years before Anne was born and percolated over time. One instance was a book written by Heinrich Class called, Wenn ich der Kaiser war (If I were the Kaiser). In it, he argued the point for the Aryan community to consider outright discrimination sighting that all German Jews be stripped of their German citizenship, reduced to alien status, forbidden to own land, hold public office, participate in journalism, banking, and any life sustaining professions… basically to be excluded from life altogether.