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31 july 1976 brooklyn , new york 166px january 31 , 1943 former weather underground organization and seattle liberation front member of students for a democratic society , susan stern.jpg susan stern
 susan ellen stern
susan stern

susan ellen -lrb- tanenbaum -rrb- stern -lrb- january 31 , 1943 -- july 31 , 1976 -rrb- was an american political activist .
she was a member of the prominent anti-vietnam war groups students for a democratic society -lrb- sds -rrb- , weatherman and the seattle liberation front -lrb- slf -rrb- .
stern was tried in 1970 on charges of conspiring to damage a federal courthouse as one of the seattle seven .
the trial ended in a mistrial due to the defendants ' disruptive courtroom behavior .
stern and her co-defendants ; roger lippman , joe kelly , jeff dowd , michael lerner , chip marshall , and mike abeles were summarily convicted of contempt of court and sentenced to six months in prison , of which stern served three .
she wrote a memoir entitled `` with the weathermen : the personal journey of a revolutionary woman '' about her experiences .
`` with the weathermen '' was reprinted in september 2007 by rutgers university press with an introduction by laura browder as part of the series subterranean lives .
stern died of heart and lung failure on july 31 , 1976 , at university hospital in seattle , at the age of 33 .
