Antedating of "Jewish American Princess"

[J. Eulenberg]

People have said that Herman Wouk "created" the "Jewish American Princess"
in "Marjorie Morningstar."  Published in the 1950s??  And the use of the
word "persistence" here would surely suggest an earlier date than 1971.

Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg <eulenbrg at u.washington.edu>

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Fred Shapiro wrote:

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> Jewish American Princess (HDAS 1972)
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> 1971 _New York_ 4(12):25  (heading) The persistence of the Jewish American
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