F

Falwell, Jerry, Sr., 142, 167, 168, 179–80

family life education (FLE), 74–75

Fasulo, Christina, 151

Faulkner, William, 185

Fay, Miss (receptionist to Rudolph Sussman), 49

Fear of Flying (Jong), 110–11, 128, 132

Febos, Melissa, 68

feminism, 46–52

Blume’s contributions to, xx–xxi

Boston Women’s Health Collective and, 70

Equal Rights Amendment and, 201

The Feminist Mystique (Friedan), xx, 3. see also Friedan, Betty

Forever (Blume) and portrayal of, 87

In the Unlikely Event (Blume) and, 49–50

It’s Not the End of the World (Blume) and, 42–45, 46–48, 52

The Long Secret (Fitzhugh), 14–15

Roe v. Wade (1973) and, xix, 95, 201

Second Wave, defined, xix–xx

Sexual Politics (Millett), xx, 46

women’s finances and, 53–58

Women’s Strike for Equality March, 46–47

The Feminist Mystique (Friedan), xx, 3

Fifteen (Cleary), 80

financial issues. see also divorce

Blume’s early financial success, 37, 53–58

Blume’s merchandise offers, 143–44

Blume’s Superfudge advance and, 143

women and credit, 54

Fine, Michelle, 77–78

First Amendment. see also censorship

book banning challenge and, 202–3

censorship issues and, 188–89

child pornography and, 170–71. see also censorship

Fitzhugh, Louise, 14–15, 33, 38

The Fixer (Malamud), 149

Fleischhauer-Hardt, Helga, 169–70

Fleissner, Erwin, 159–60

Fleissner, Jennifer, 158, 159, 161, 185–86, 204

Fleshman, Karen, 151–53

Fleshman, Roger, 152

Florida

Blume’s bookstore in, 215

book banning in, 168–69, 204

Flowers in the Attic (Andrews), 175

“The Flying Munchgins” (Blume), 8

Fogel, Bonnie, 177–78

Forever (Blume)

censorship and, 171, 175, 186, 201–3

criticism of, 145–49