Muriel Beadle (née McClure; 1915 - February 13, 1994) was an American journalist and author.[1]
Beadle was born in California in 1915.[citation needed] She graduated from Morgan Park High School, after which she attended Pomona College, ultimately received a bachelor’s degree Phi Beta Kappa. She later received an honorary doctorate from Mundelein College.[2]
Beadle started her career with at Carson Pirie Scott & Co. as an advertising copywriter in the 1930s. She then wrote for the Los Angeles Mirror-News from 1948 to 1958.[2] She published her first book, These Ruins are Inhabited, with Doubleday in 1961.[3][4] In 1966, she published The Language of Life, which she cowrote with her husband, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist George Beadle.[5][6][7] The following year, the book was a finalist for the National Book Award for Science, Philosophy, and religion.[8]
Published works
- These Ruins are Inhabited (Doubleday, 1961)
- The Hyde Park-Kenwood urban renewal years: A history to date (1964)
- The Language of Life: An Introduction to the Science of Genetics, with George Beadle (Doubleday, 1966)
- A Child's Mind: How Children Learn during the Critical Years from Birth to Age Five Years (Methuen, 1971)[9][10]
- Where Has All the Ivy Gone?: A Memoir of University Life (Doubleday, 1972)[11][12]
- The Fortnightly of Chicago; the city and its women: 1873-1973 (1973)
- A Nice Neat Operation (Doubleday, 1975)[13]
- The Cat: A Complete Authoritative Compendium of Information About Domestic Cats (Simon and Schuster, 1977)[14][15][16]
- Mt. San Antonio Gardens: an informal history, 1953-1986, (1988)
References
- ^ "Muriel Beadle; Author and Former L.A. Journalist". Los Angeles Times. February 17, 1994. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ a b "MURIEL BEADLE, FREE-LANCE WRITER, AUTHOR". Chicago Tribune. February 22, 1994. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Grunwald, Beverly (June 11, 1961). "Another Yank At Oxford; THESE RUINS ARE INHABITED. By Muriel Beadle. 359 pp. New York: Doubleday & Co. $4.95". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Sloane, William (1961). "Review of These Ruins Are Inhabited". AAUP Bulletin. 47 (3): 271–272. doi:10.2307/40222687. ISSN 0001-026X. JSTOR 40222687.
- ^ "THE LANGUAGE OF LIFE: An Introduction to the Science of Genetics". Kirkus Reviews. April 1, 1966. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Galston, Arthur W. (1966). "Review of The Language of Life: An Introduction to the Science of Genetics". BioScience. 16 (9): 625. doi:10.2307/1293787. ISSN 0006-3568. JSTOR 1293787.
- ^ Lewis, K. R. (1967). "Review of Citizens and scientists. The Language of Life—an introduction to the science of genetics". Science Progress (1933- ). 55 (219): 480–482. ISSN 0036-8504. JSTOR 43419675.
- ^ "Muriel Beadle". National Book Foundation. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Brearley, M. (1973). "Review of A Child's Mind: How Children Learn during the Critical Years from Birth to Age Five Years". British Journal of Educational Studies. 21 (2): 229. doi:10.2307/3120542. ISSN 0007-1005. JSTOR 3120542.
- ^ Anderson, Mabel B. (1971). "Review of A Child's Mind". The Family Coordinator. 20 (3): 296–297. doi:10.2307/582081. ISSN 0014-7214. JSTOR 582081.
- ^ "Where Has All the Ivy Gone?". Kirkus Reviews. August 1, 1972. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Duffy, William (Spring 1973). "Where Has All the Ivy Gone? (Book)". Educational Studies. 4 (1): 20 – via EBSCOHost.
- ^ "A Nice Neat Operation". Kirkus Reviews. August 1, 1975. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ "THE CAT: History, Biology and Behavior". Kirkus Reviews. May 1, 1977. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Kalem, T. E. (July 18, 1977). "Felis Imperator". TIME Magazine. Vol. 110, no. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via EBSCOHost.
- ^ Wallace, Christie (1988). "Review of The Cat". The Science Teacher. 55 (8): 76–80. ISSN 0036-8555. JSTOR 24141198.
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