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Raissa Adler

Raissa Adler is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Raissa Adler rather than just read about it. In short: Raissa Timofeyevna Adler, née Epstein (Russian Раи́са Тимофе́евна А́длер) (born November 9, 1872, in Moscow; died April 21, 1962, in New York City) was a Russian-born Austrian women's rights activist of Russian-Jewish origin. Life Raissa Epstein was born in 1872.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Raissa Timofeyevna Adler, née Epstein (Russian Раи́са Тимофе́евна А́длер) (born November 9, 1872, in Moscow; died April 21, 1962, in New York City) was a Russian-born Austrian women's rights activist of Russian-Jewish origin.

Life Raissa Epstein was born in 1872. She was daughter of a wealthy close-knit Russian-Jewish family. She received school lessons from private teachers since it was not possible for women to study in Russia in the 19th century. She went to Zürich in 1895 where she studied biology for three semesters at the University. At the end of 1896 she moved to Vienna and joined the women's movement there. She met Alfred Adler and married him in 1897 in Smolensk. She gave birth to four children: Valentina in 1898, Alexandra in 1901, Kurt in 1905 and Cornelia in 1909. The liberally educated, politically radical and free-spirited Raissa had contact with revolutionary Russian emigrants. She became friends with Leo Trotsky through the Russian-Jew émigré Aline Furtmüller and worked with him in 1929. Adler was involved in the area of women's issues under the Vienna City Councilor for Health Julius Tandler. Together with Tandler and Margarete Hilferding, Adler was also a co-founder of the Workers International Relief in Austria, in the committee of the Red Aid and joined the Communist Party of Austria. In 1922, she was a member of the preparatory committee of a Viennese Clarté movement (Peace movement founded in 1919 by Henri Barbusse). At the beginning of the 1930s, she was on the board of the Association for Individual psychology. After the Austrian Civil War in February 1934, she was arrested for two days because of her political activism. This incident prompted Alfred Adler to personally bring them from Vienna to the USA, where the couple emigrated to in 1935. After World War II, Adler served for a time as chairwoman of the executive committee of the Individual Psychology Association in New York. In 1954 she was elected honorary president of the board of directors.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Raissa Adler

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Raissa Adler claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Raissa Adler before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Raissa Adler ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Raissa Adler

In research: Raissa Adler appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Raissa Adler in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Raissa Adler is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1872 births, 1962 deaths, 19th-century Austrian Jews, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Raissa Adler outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Raissa Adler in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Raissa Adler matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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