as theme of Blume’s books, xviii–xix

virginity and, 79–92. see also virginity

Wifey (Blume) on, 123–30

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), 30–32, 76, 102–3, 169–70

sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)

sex education on, 29

Wifey (Blume) on, 125

Sexual Politics (Millett), xx, 46

sexual revolution

“housewife’s syndrome” and, 2–4

masturbation and, 69–71

“What About the Right to Say ‘No’?” (Lee), 86

Shields, Brooke, 141

Show Me! (McBride and Fleischhauer-Hardt), 169–70

Shulevitz, Uri, 189

SIECUS Report (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States), 169–70. see also Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

Silsbee, Peter, 10–12, 16, 101–2, 146, 149, 167

Silverberg, Cory, 71, 107, 171, 211, 213

Simon & Schuster, 70

Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut), 149, 186

Smart Women (Blume), 195–200

Solzhenitsyn, A., 157, 185

Sparks, Beatrice, 187

St. Martin’s Press, 170

Star News (Medford, Wisconsin), 202

Steig, William, 189

Steinbeck, John, 185, 186–87

Steinem, Gloria, xix–xx, 4, 128–29

Stewart, Potter, 171

Stine, R.L., 191

The Story of Menstruation (film, Kotex and Walt Disney), 35–36

Stuart Little (White), 167

suburban culture, 42, 51. see also American culture

suicide, Forever (Blume) and portrayal of, 83

Summer Sisters (Blume), 24, 82

Summer Sisters (Peacock series), xvi

Superfudge (Blume), 58, 142–44, 185, 211

Supreme Court, U.S., 150–51. see also individual names of cases

Sussman, David (Blume’s brother), 5, 21

Sussman, Esther “Essie” (Blume’s mother)

daughter’s childhood and, 1, 5, 19, 33, 49

daughter’s college education and, 59

daughter’s divorce, “rebellion,” and, 109

on daughter’s third marriage, 214–15

on daughter’s writing, 129–30

Sussman, Rudolph (Blume’s father), 5, 19–20, 59, 108

Sutton, Roger, 14, 148

Sweet Valley High (book series), 203

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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Blume), 57–58, 115, 142, 144