Rodelle Weintraub
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Rodelle Selma Horwitz was born April 29, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, the elder daughter of Benjamin Raphael and Minerva Wascoff Horwitz. She graduated from The Philadelphia High School for Girls, January 1950, matriculated at West Chester State Teachers College, now West Chester University of Pennsylvania
, before transferring to Temple University
in Philadelphia. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education degree in January, 1954. On June 6, 1954 she married Stanley Weintraub
with whom she has three children, Mark Bennett 1956, David Andrew 1958, and Erica Beth 1961, and 8 grandchildren.
In September 1954 Weintraub relocated from Philadelphia to State College, Pennsylvania, the location of The Pennsylvania State University. She lived in Centre County until 2003, then moving to Newark, Delaware
. In 1955, as its founding mother, she was a member of a committee that established the Bellefonte-State College Jewish Community Center which later became Congregation Brit Shalom. After holding numerous positions with that organization, in 1963 she became President of the unaffiliated synagogue, possibly the first woman in the United States to head a Jewish congregation. She was a member of NOW and the League of Women Voters
and ran, unsuccessfully, for election to the State College Borough Council. She was president of the Harris Acres Civic Association and member and chair of the Boalsburg Water Authority. She is a charter member of the National Museum for Women Artists and a founding member of the Jewish History Museum in Philadelphia. She is on the boards of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra
, the Newark Symphony Orchestra and has been board member and president of the Delaware Chamber Music Festival and the Friends of the Newark Symphony. She is a member of Hadassah and for three years served as editor of the Bulletin of the Wilmington Delaware Chapter of Hadassah of which she is also a board member. She is an officer in the Beech Hill Maintenance Association and editor of its monthly Newsletter.
Weintraub taught Business and Technical Writing at Penn State for 14 years, has been a technical writing consultant to industry, and has been a literary editor. Among the books she "invisibly" edited are Beardsley, which was nominated for a National Book Award, and Victoria, which was in first place on the best seller list in England.
She co-authored with Stanley Weintraub
Lawrence of Arabia: The Literary Impulse, Louisiana State University Press, 1975
Co-edited with Stanley Weintraub
Dear Young Friend The Letters of American Presidents to Children, 2000.
Co-edited
Evolution of a Revolt Early Postwar Writings of T. E. Lawrence, Pennsylania State University Press, 1968
"Moby-Dick and Seven Pillars of Wisdom," with Stanley Weintraub, Studies in American Fiction,
"Chapman's Homer," with Stanley Weintraub, The Classical World, September-October 1973
Arms and the Man and John Bull's Other Island by George Bernard Shaw, Bantam, 1993
Misalliance and Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw, Bantam, 1995
and edited
Shaw and Woman, The Shaw Review, January 1974
Fabian Feminist Bernard Shaw and Woman, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977
Shaw Abroad, Shaw 5, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1985
Captain Brassbound's Conversion volume of Bernard Shaw Early texts: play manuscripts in facsimile, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1981
Bernard Shaw “Arms and the Man”, Penguin Classic 2006
She was Assistant Editor of The Shaw Review and has published numerous articles on Shaw including
"Shaw's Celibate Marriage: Its Impact on His Plays," Cahiers Victoriens & Edouardiens, October 1979
"The Irish Lady in Shaw's Plays," The Shaw Review, May 1980
"'Only the man . . . draws clear of it': a new look at Anthony Anderson" The Shaw Review, September 1980
"Misalliance as High Comedy," 1984-85 Humanities Booklet #4
"Johnny's Dream: Misalliance" Shaw 7, 1987
"A Parachutist Prototype for Lina," Shaw 8, 1988
"Getting Married? An Edwardian Dilemma," The Once and Future Shaw, 1990
"Oh, the Dreaming, the Creaming: Arms and the Man", Shaw and Other Matters, Associated University Presses 1998
“Votes for Women: Bernard Shaw and the Women’s Suffrage Movement,” Ritual Remembering History, Myth and Poltics in Anglo-Irish Drama, Costerus New Series 99, 1995
“Bernard Shaw’s Fantasy Island: Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles,” The Classical World and the Mediterranean, Universita de Sassari, 1996
“Bernard Shaw’s Henry Higgins: A Classic Aspergen,” English Literature in Translation 1880-1920, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2006
“Don Roberto in Bernard Shaw’s Plays,” SHAW 31, 2011
She has had reviews published in The New Republic and the San Francisco Review of Books and was included in Who’s Who of American Women in 1979/80.
She is a member of the International Shaw Society and former member of the International Association for Anglo-Irish Literature (now the International Association of Irish Literature). Weintraub has participated in conferences and delivered talks not only in the United States, but Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, and South Africa.
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, the elder daughter of Benjamin Raphael and Minerva Wascoff Horwitz. She graduated from The Philadelphia High School for Girls, January 1950, matriculated at West Chester State Teachers College, now West Chester University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, before transferring to Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
in Philadelphia. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education degree in January, 1954. On June 6, 1954 she married Stanley Weintraub
Stanley Weintraub
Stanley Weintraub is a professor, historian, and biographer. He is an expert on George Bernard Shaw. Weintraub was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the eldest child of Benjamin and Ray Segal Weintraub, followed by siblings Herbert and Gladys...
with whom she has three children, Mark Bennett 1956, David Andrew 1958, and Erica Beth 1961, and 8 grandchildren.
In September 1954 Weintraub relocated from Philadelphia to State College, Pennsylvania, the location of The Pennsylvania State University. She lived in Centre County until 2003, then moving to Newark, Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Newark is an American city in New Castle County, Delaware, west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.- History :...
. In 1955, as its founding mother, she was a member of a committee that established the Bellefonte-State College Jewish Community Center which later became Congregation Brit Shalom. After holding numerous positions with that organization, in 1963 she became President of the unaffiliated synagogue, possibly the first woman in the United States to head a Jewish congregation. She was a member of NOW and the League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters is an American political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote...
and ran, unsuccessfully, for election to the State College Borough Council. She was president of the Harris Acres Civic Association and member and chair of the Boalsburg Water Authority. She is a charter member of the National Museum for Women Artists and a founding member of the Jewish History Museum in Philadelphia. She is on the boards of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra
Delaware Symphony Orchestra
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in the Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra with the Wilmington Music School...
, the Newark Symphony Orchestra and has been board member and president of the Delaware Chamber Music Festival and the Friends of the Newark Symphony. She is a member of Hadassah and for three years served as editor of the Bulletin of the Wilmington Delaware Chapter of Hadassah of which she is also a board member. She is an officer in the Beech Hill Maintenance Association and editor of its monthly Newsletter.
Weintraub taught Business and Technical Writing at Penn State for 14 years, has been a technical writing consultant to industry, and has been a literary editor. Among the books she "invisibly" edited are Beardsley, which was nominated for a National Book Award, and Victoria, which was in first place on the best seller list in England.
She co-authored with Stanley Weintraub
Lawrence of Arabia: The Literary Impulse, Louisiana State University Press, 1975
Co-edited with Stanley Weintraub
Dear Young Friend The Letters of American Presidents to Children, 2000.
Co-edited
Evolution of a Revolt Early Postwar Writings of T. E. Lawrence, Pennsylania State University Press, 1968
"Moby-Dick and Seven Pillars of Wisdom," with Stanley Weintraub, Studies in American Fiction,
"Chapman's Homer," with Stanley Weintraub, The Classical World, September-October 1973
Arms and the Man and John Bull's Other Island by George Bernard Shaw, Bantam, 1993
Misalliance and Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw, Bantam, 1995
and edited
Shaw and Woman, The Shaw Review, January 1974
Fabian Feminist Bernard Shaw and Woman, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977
Shaw Abroad, Shaw 5, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1985
Captain Brassbound's Conversion volume of Bernard Shaw Early texts: play manuscripts in facsimile, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1981
Bernard Shaw “Arms and the Man”, Penguin Classic 2006
She was Assistant Editor of The Shaw Review and has published numerous articles on Shaw including
"Shaw's Celibate Marriage: Its Impact on His Plays," Cahiers Victoriens & Edouardiens, October 1979
"The Irish Lady in Shaw's Plays," The Shaw Review, May 1980
"'Only the man . . . draws clear of it': a new look at Anthony Anderson" The Shaw Review, September 1980
"Misalliance as High Comedy," 1984-85 Humanities Booklet #4
"Johnny's Dream: Misalliance" Shaw 7, 1987
"A Parachutist Prototype for Lina," Shaw 8, 1988
"Getting Married? An Edwardian Dilemma," The Once and Future Shaw, 1990
"Oh, the Dreaming, the Creaming: Arms and the Man", Shaw and Other Matters, Associated University Presses 1998
“Votes for Women: Bernard Shaw and the Women’s Suffrage Movement,” Ritual Remembering History, Myth and Poltics in Anglo-Irish Drama, Costerus New Series 99, 1995
“Bernard Shaw’s Fantasy Island: Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles,” The Classical World and the Mediterranean, Universita de Sassari, 1996
“Bernard Shaw’s Henry Higgins: A Classic Aspergen,” English Literature in Translation 1880-1920, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2006
“Don Roberto in Bernard Shaw’s Plays,” SHAW 31, 2011
She has had reviews published in The New Republic and the San Francisco Review of Books and was included in Who’s Who of American Women in 1979/80.
She is a member of the International Shaw Society and former member of the International Association for Anglo-Irish Literature (now the International Association of Irish Literature). Weintraub has participated in conferences and delivered talks not only in the United States, but Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, and South Africa.