JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.7/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">

JavaScript

var s = '<div><h1>heading</h1><p>para</p></div>';

var $s = $(s).find('h1').remove().end();


$('body').append($s);