Ruth Seinfel Goode
American writer
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Ruth Seinfel Goode (May 1, 1905 – October 27, 1997)[1] was an American writer and editor.
Ruth Seinfel Goode | |
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Ruth Seinfel, from the 1925 yearbook of Smith College | |
| Born | May 1, 1905 |
| Died | October 27, 1997 (aged 92) |
| Other names | Julia Rainer (pseudonym) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Early life and education
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
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 Hermann Hesse.
Selected books by Ruth Seinfel Goode
- 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]