Dagny Taggart

Dagny Taggart is the main character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Dagny is Vice-President in Charge of Operations at Taggart Transcontinental. She is the female heroic character, the counterpart to John Galt, and her journey is the journey of the reader exploring and understanding Galt's philosophy. Those in the know understand that she is the one who really runs the railroad. In the course of the novel, she forms romantic liaisons with thr... more

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Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand (pronounced /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/; born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system she called...

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