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Name
  
Edith Stern


Role
  
Novelist

Edith Mendel Stern (24 June 1901 – 8 February 1975) was a novelist, book editor, journalist, critic, and author of books and booklets written as guides on how to cope with problems related to aging, mental illness, and handicapped children.

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Biography

Born to a Jewish family in New York City, Edith Mendel earned a B.A. from Barnard College in 1922. She was on the editorial staff of Alfred A. Knopf and subsequently on the editorial staffs of several other publishing houses, including Boni & Liveright. She married William A. Stern II, a Justice Department lawyer. After publishing four novels from 1927 to 1935 she wrote books on mental health aimed at a popular audience.

Novels

  • Purse Strings. NY: Boni & Liveright. 1927. 
  • Scarlet Heels. NY: H. Liveright. 1928. 
  • Men Are Clumsy Lovers. NY: Vanguard Press. 1934. 
  • Escape from Youth. NY: Coward-McCann. 1935. 

    • Nonfiction books and pamphlets

  • with Samuel Warren Hamilton, MD: Mental Illness: A Guide for the Family. 1942.  (5th edition 1968)
  • with Mary E. Corcoran: The Attendant’s Guide. 1945. 
  • with Howard W. Hopkirk: The Housemother’s Guide. 1946. 
  • with Samuel Warren Hamilton, MD: Better Mental Hospitals: A Guide for the Citizen. 1947.  (revised edition. 1955. )
  • with Elsa Castendyck: The Handicapped Child: A Guide for Parents. 1950. 
  • with Mabel Ross: You and Your Aging Parents. NY: A. A. Wyn. 1952. ; revised edition. NY: Harper & Row. 1965. 
  • Notes for After 50. 1955. 
  • A Full Life After 65. 1963. 

    • References

    Edith M. Stern Wikipedia
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