Moms for Liberty, xvii
Money, John, 93–94, 103
Monroe, Marilyn, 2
morality. see censorship
Moral Majority, xvii, 167, 168, 179–80
Moran, Jeffrey, 75–76, 182
motherhood and parenting. see also Letters to Judy (Blume)
Forever (Blume) and parents’ reaction, 93–94, 103
mothers and daughters as book theme, 59–66, 72, 194–200
parental role models, 85–87
parents as Blume’s audience, 210–11
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (book), 79–80
My Darling, My Hamburger (Zindel), 79–80, 174
N
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), 151, 191–93
National Education Association, 32
National Lampoon, 141
National Organization for Women (NOW), 47, 54
“The Nature of Prejudice” (school course), 186
Netflix, 212
“new” American girl theme, 80. see also Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Blume)
New England Free Press, 70
Newsday (New York City), 133
New York City Department of Education, 204–5, 208
New Yorker magazine, 13, 125
New York Law School Review, 168, 192–93
New York Library Association, 34
New York Public Library, 214
New York Times
on Are You There God? (Blume), 28
bestseller list of, 70, 134
on birth control pill, 76
book challenges/censorship and, 151, 166–67, 169, 173–74, 188
on Deenie (Blume), 71
on Forever (Blume), 102, 104–6
on It’s Not the End of the World (Blume), 57
on The Long Secret (Fitzhugh), 15
Maynard’s article, 104–6, 137
“Recreational—and Procreational—Sex” (Money), 93–94
on Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself (Blume), 120
