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Ruth Seinfel Goode

Ruth Seinfel Goode (May 1, 1905 – October 27, 1997)[1] was an American writer and editor.

Ruth Seinfel Goode
A young white woman with straight bobbed hair, side-parted, wearing a collared shirt and tie and a knitted v-neck sweater
Ruth Seinfel, from the 1925 yearbook of Smith College
BornMay 1, 1905
DiedOctober 27, 1997
Other namesJulia Rainer (pseudonym)
OccupationWriter

Early life and education edit

Seinfel was born in Brooklyn,[2] the daughter of Henry Seinfel and Helen Seinfel. Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Austria; her father worked in insurance.[3][4] She graduated from Girls' High School of Brooklyn in 1921.[5] That year, she was promoted as Brooklyn's "Perfect Girl", after high scores on academic and physical fitness tests.[6] In 1925, she graduated from Smith College, where she was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper.[7][8]

Career edit

Seinfel wrote poetry as a girl, and over a hundred of her poems were published in her high school's newspaper.[5] She also wrote articles and reviews for Collier's,[9] The New York Post,[10] The New York Times,[11] and other publications. She covered dance topics for Musical Courier.[12][13] In 1934 she became managing editor of The New York Woman, a weekly newspaper.[14] She was senior staff writer at MD Medical Newsmagazine for over twenty years.[2]

The New York Times called Seinfel's novel Lady Buyer (1933) "without doubt, the most vital and comprehensive story of a great department store yet to appear".[15] She co-wrote Sol Hurok's memoir, Impresario (1946). With Scotty Mackenzie, she co-wrote My Love Affair with the State of Maine (1955);[2] with Benjamin F. Miller, she co-wrote Man and His Body (1960).[16] She co-wrote The Magic of Walking (1967) with Aaron Sussman.[17]

Goode had a writing credit on Tonight We Sing (1953), a film adaptation of Sol Hurok's memoir.[18] Under the pseudonym "Julia Rainer", she co-wrote Sexual Pleasure in Marriage (1959) and Sexual Adventure in Marriage (1965), both with her husband (he used the name "Jerome Rainer").[2] In the 1980s, she wrote study guides for Barron's, on books by Jane Austen, Pearl Buck, and Herman Hesse.

Selected books by Ruth Seinfel Goode edit

  • Lady Buyer (1933)[19][20]
  • Impresario: A Memoir (1946, with Sol Hurok)[21]
  • My Love Affair with the State of Maine (1955, with Scotty Mackenzie)[22]
  • We Bought a Store (1956, with Gertrude Mackenzie)[23]
  • Sexual Pleasure in Marriage (1959, with Jerome Rainer)
  • Man and his Body (1960, with Benjamin F. Miller)[24]
  • Sexual Adventure in Marriage (1965, with Jerome Rainer)
  • The Magic of Walking (1967, with Aaron Sussman)[25]
  • People of the Ice Age (1973, with David Palladini)[26]
  • People of the First Cities (1977, with Richard Cuffari)[27]
  • A Book for Grandmothers (1977)[28]
  • Hands up! (1983, with Anthony Kramer)[29]
  • Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1984)[30]
  • Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf & Siddhartha (1985)[31]
  • Pearl Buck's The Good Earth (1985)[32]

Personal life edit

In 1927, Seinfel married theatrical publicist Gerald Goode (born Jerome Goodman). They had a son, Daniel, and a daughter, Judith. Her husband died in 1983.[33] She died in 1997, aged 92 years, in New York.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Rooney, Terri M. (1998). Contemporary Authors. Gale. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-7876-1997-8.
  2. ^ a b c d e Saxon, Wolfgang (1997-11-09). "Ruth Goode, 92, an Author On Maine, Medicine and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  3. ^ "Funeral Rites Held for Late Henry Seinfel". The Brooklyn Citizen. 1938-08-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-09-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Perfect Girl Won Health in Outdoor Life". Daily News. 1921-05-20. p. 19. Retrieved 2021-09-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Miss Seinfel Designated As This Year's 'Health Girl'". The Hebrew Standard⁩. 17 June 1921. p. 14. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via The National Library of Israel & Tel Aviv University.
  6. ^ "Brooklyn's Sixteen-Year-Old 'Perfect Girl' Proves She Can Do Anything". Daily News. 1921-06-04. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-09-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Smith College (1925). Class of 1925. College Archives Smith College Libraries. Smith College. p. 89 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ "Boro Girl Honored at Smith College". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1924-03-12. p. 27. Retrieved 2021-09-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Suggestions for Using Meat Given in Collier's Weekly". Meat and Livestock Digest. 13: 1. May 1933.
  10. ^ Abelow, Samuel Philip (1937). History of Brooklyn Jewry. Scheba Publishing Company. p. 168.
  11. ^ Seinfel, Ruth (1927-05-15). "Student Tours Abroad Develop Huge Traffic; College Cabins Are Expected to Carry 75,000 Passengers This Summer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  12. ^ Seinfel, Ruth (July 23, 1932). "Transplanting the Spanish Dance". Musical Courier. 105: 6 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ Seinfel, Ruth (January 16, 1932). "Agnes de Mille Experiments with Dialogue in the Dance". Musical Courier. 104: 15 – via Internet Archive.
  14. ^ "Among the Literati". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1934-07-15. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  15. ^ "Behind the Counters; LADY BUYER. By Ruth Seinfel". The New York Times. 1933-04-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  16. ^ Eble, Joe (1960-10-09). "Dr. Ben Miller Co-Authors Book on 'Man and his Body'". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 62. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Fisher, Pat (1977-07-28). "Walking is Key to Adventure". The Evening Sun. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Cameron, Kate (1953-02-13). "Great Musical Treat on Music Hall Screen". Daily News. p. 101. Retrieved 2021-09-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Publishes New Book". Brooklyn Jewish Center Review: 13. May 1933 – via Internet Archive.
  20. ^ Alden, Alice (1933-06-23). "The Husband of a Working Wife". Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-09-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Hurok, Sol; Goode, Ruth (1946). Impresario: a memoir. New York: Random House. OCLC 575565.
  22. ^ Mackenzie, Scotty; Goode, Ruth (1955). My love affair with the State of Maine. New York: Simon and Schuster. OCLC 1249914.
  23. ^ McKenzie, Gertrude; Goode, Ruth (1956). We bought a store. London: Robert Hale. OCLC 156106804.
  24. ^ Miller, Benjamin Frank; Goode, Ruth (1960). Man and his body; the wonders of the human mechanism. New York: Simon and Schuster. OCLC 545639.
  25. ^ Sussman, Aaron; Goode, Ruth (1967). The magic of walking. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-20372-6. OCLC 715569.
  26. ^ Goode, Ruth; Palladini, David (1973). People of the ice age. New York: Crowell-Collier. ISBN 978-0-02-736420-0. OCLC 589143.
  27. ^ Goode, Ruth; Cuffari, Richard (1977). People of the first cities. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-02-736430-9. OCLC 2912114.
  28. ^ Goode, Ruth (1976). A book for grandmothers. New York: MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-02-544620-5. OCLC 2164922.
  29. ^ Goode, Ruth; Kramer, Anthony (1983). Hands up!. New York; London: Macmillan ; Collier Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-02-736550-4. OCLC 7572675.
  30. ^ Goode, Ruth (1984). Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice. Woodbury, N.Y.: Barron's. ISBN 978-0-8120-3437-0. OCLC 11090324.
  31. ^ Goode, Ruth (1985). Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf & Siddhartha. Woodbury, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series. ISBN 978-0-8120-3542-1. OCLC 11782866.
  32. ^ Goode, Ruth (1985). Pearl Buck's The good earth. Woodbury, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series. ISBN 978-0-8120-3517-9. OCLC 11728342.
  33. ^ "Gerald Goode". The New York Times. 1983-11-30. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

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