W
Walt Disney (company), 35
Warren, Joseph, 166
Washington Post, 132–33, 145, 177–78
Waxman, Carol, 206–8, 210–11
Weidt, Maryann N., 4, 17, 61–62, 80, 85, 109, 215
“welfare queens,” 181
“We Need Judy Blume Now More Than Ever” (A.V. Club), xvi
“What About the Right to Say ‘No’?” (Lee), 86
“What Became of Childhood Innocence?” (New York Times), 173–74
Whedon, Julia, 120
Where Did I Come From? (Mayle), 70–71
White, E. B., 11, 38, 167
Wifey (Blume)
as Blume’s first adult novel, 4
Klein on, 161
themes of, 81–82, 123–30, 131–32
Wilson, George, 189–91
Wilson, Katherine, 190
Wilson, Teresa, 189–91
Winn, Marie, 173–74
WNYC (radio station), 168
Wolfe, Linda, 169
Women’s Strike for Equality March, 46–47
World War II
Hitler and, 5
post-war economy and, 19–21
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself (Blume) on, 119–21, 122
Worrall, Jan, 105
Worrall, Jocelyn, 105
Wright, Richard, 149
Writer’s Digest, advertisement in, 12, 17
“Writing for Kids Without Kidding Around” (Christian Science Monitor), 178–79, 182
Wyndham, Lee, 7–9, 57
X
“X-Rated Children’s Books” (Pro-Family Forum), 175–76
Y
“You Mom, You?” (Blume), 6
Z
Zimbalist, Efrem, Jr., 138
