82. “Biographical Names,” Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed.(Springfield, Mass., Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 2003), 1509.

83. Woodrow Wilson was president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910;
www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org/index.asp?section=woodrowwilson&file=educator.

84. Brooklyn (NY) Eagle, November 10, 1946.

85. Ibid.

86. Emily Cheney, “Only Human,” NY Daily Mirror, May 10, 1944.

87. Gibson, Abstract Expressionism, 186; Goldberg, article in American National Biography, 351.

88. Levin, “Janet Sobel,” 12.

89. Janet Sobel’s mother’s name is usually spelled “Fannie,” as on her tombstone, on Janet’s marriage certificate, and on Janet’s Social Security account application, but it is sometimes spelled “Fanny,” as in Deborah A. Goldberg’s article in American National Biography, 351.

90. Levin, “Janet Sobel,” 9, 14n24.

91. Ibid., 14n24.

92. Goldberg, article in American National Biography, 351.

93. “Max Sobel, 63, Jewelry Manufacturer,” obituary.

94. Levin, “Janet Sobel,” 10.

95. “Services Held for Mrs. Sobel,” Plainfield (NJ) Courier-News.

96. Gregory, “Plainfield’s Primitive Painter.”

97. “Services Held for Mrs. Sobel,” Plainfield (NJ) Courier-News.

98. Goldberg, article in American National Biography, 352.