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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