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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.[1]BiographyBorn 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.[1] Novels- {{cite book|title=Purse Strings|year=1927|location=NY|publisher=Boni & Liveright}}
- {{cite book|title=Scarlet Heels|year=1928|location=NY|publisher=H. Liveright}}
- {{cite book|title=Men Are Clumsy Lovers|year=1934|location=NY|publisher=Vanguard Press}}
- {{cite book|title=Escape from Youth|year=1935|location=NY|publisher=Coward-McCann}}
Nonfiction books and pamphlets- with Samuel Warren Hamilton, MD: {{cite book|title=Mental Illness: A Guide for the Family|year=1942|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000661362}} (5th edition 1968)
- with Mary E. Corcoran: {{cite book|title=The Attendant’s Guide|year=1945|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007936472}}
- with Howard W. Hopkirk: {{cite book|title=The Housemother’s Guide|year=1946|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007078276}}
- with Samuel Warren Hamilton, MD: {{cite book|title=Better Mental Hospitals: A Guide for the Citizen|year=1947}} ({{cite book|title=revised edition|year=1955|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002066266}})
- with Elsa Castendyck: {{cite book|title=The Handicapped Child: A Guide for Parents|year=1950|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001108358}}
- with Mabel Ross: {{cite book|title=You and Your Aging Parents|location=NY|publisher=A. A. Wyn|year=1952}}; {{cite book|title=revised edition|location=NY|publisher=Harper & Row|year=1965|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001110272}}
- {{cite book|title=Notes for After 50|year=1955}}
- {{cite book|title=A Full Life After 65|year=1963|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000978792}}
References1. ^1 {{cite web|author=Shulevitz, Marion|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/stern-edith-mendel|title=Edith Mendel Stern (1901–1975)|website=Jewish Women's Archive}}
External links- Summary of Edith M. Stern papers, 1962–1973, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
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