Education
Barnard College.
Barnard College.
Born to a Jewish family in New York City, Edith Mendel earned a Bachelor of Arts 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 & After publishing four novels from 1927 to 1935 she wrote books on mental health aimed at a popular audience.