Durant was born in Proskurov in Russia to Ethel Appel Kaufman and Joseph Kaufman. The family emigrated to the United States in 1901. She met her future husband, Will Durant, while a student at Ferrer Modern School in New York. Will was a teacher at the school at the time, but resigned his post in order to marry Ariel.
Ariel was nominated as "Woman of the Year" by the Los Angeles Times. Ariel and Will Durant were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1968 for Rousseau and Revolution, the tenth volume of The Story of Civilization. Ariel and Will were presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Gerald Ford in 1977.
The Durants' autobiography A Dual Autobiography was published in 1978. ISBN 0671230786
ArielDurant was born as Chaya Kaufmann in Proskurov, Russia, on May 10, 1898.
Ariel became a brilliant conversationalist and sharp debater under the tutelage of the man she called her "teacher, lover, mentor and friend." Will especially appreciated Ariel's compulsion to speak her mind, her fun loving appreciation of life, and her championing of womens rights.
ArielDurant was a writer, scholar and philosopher.
To Will Durant, she was the embodiment of life itself; fun loving, controversial, unafraid to speak her mind (in fact, refusing to do otherwise) and a champion of women’s rights.
Durant’s affection increased ever more for his wife as he witnessed the blossoming of her intellect.
Ariel was nominated as "Woman of the Year" by the City of Los Angeles in 1977, her opinions on history, philosophy and social issues such as woman’s liberation and education being much sought after by both women and men throughout the world.
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