Ruth Seinfel Goode

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

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

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 Herman 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]

Personal life

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

  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.