Ireland: GS’s Bloody Sunday trip to, 157–64, 186, 198, 205, 211, 217, 316; writers’ collective house in, 201–3
Irish Republican Army (IRA), 157–59, 162–64
“Is George Bush Too Nice to Be President” (Sheehy), 325
Isaacson, Walter, 339–40
Italy, GS-Maura trip to, 228–29
Jackson, Jesse, 329
Jaffe, Mark, 230
James, William, 195
Janklow, Morton, 370–71
Jaques, Elliott, 211
Javits, Jacob, 14
jazz: and Clay-GS at Dizzy’s Club, 444–45; at Clay’s memorial, 447–48
J.C. Penney, GS’s job with, 36–37, 459
Jennings, Peter, 339
Jewell, George, 39–40
Jewish Home Life Care facility, Clay at, 421, 429–30
Jockey Club (Miami Beach), 165
John (friend), 45
Johnson, Lyndon B., 64, 172, 319, 324, 337
Jong, Erica, 205
Joplin, Janis, 114
Jung, Carl, 210
Kamel, Madame, 303–4, 306
Kandel, Bethany, 330
Kansas State University, Kennedy (Bobby) speech at, 60
Kaufman, Elaine, 238
Kempner, Tom, 262, 263
Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 246
Kennedy, Ethel, 62, 63, 64, 65
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 6, 56, 150, 152–53, 155, 243–44
Kennedy, John F., 5, 12, 59–60, 64, 93, 152, 154, 244, 323, 324
Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 152, 154, 156
Kennedy, Joseph P., Sr., 59, 154–55, 156
Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby,” 57–66, 152, 182, 317, 324, 459
Kesey, Ken, 12
KGB, 351–52
Khao-I-Dang (Cambodian refugee camp), 283–85
Kheel, Ted, 232, 259
Khrushchev, Nikita, 60
Kilpatrick, James J., 183
King, Larry, 401
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 5, 58–59
Kissinger, Henry, dinner party for, 168, 169–79, 192, 193
Klein, Ed, 285, 286
Klein, Patricia. See Henion, “Trish”
Koppel, Ted, 324
Kosinski, Jerzy, 204
Kraft, Joseph, 173, 176, 177, 183
Kramer, Michael, 98–99, 242
Kron, Joan, 242–43
Kuller, Lewis, 364–65
La Côte Basque (New York City restaurant), 245
“La Dolce Viva” (Goldsmith), 84, 85
Lalli, Carole, 249
Lalli, Frank, 249
Lambton, Lord, 239
“The Landlords of Hell’s Bedroom” (Sheehy), 148
Lange, Jessica, 156, 365
Larry King Live (CNN), 401
Latham, Aaron, 95–96, 179, 313, 369, 409, 410
Latham, Cary (grandfather), 26
Latham, Taylor, 313
Latham, William (great-grandfather), 26
lawyers, Brill’s predictions about, 100
League of Women Voters, 369
Lefkowitz, Louis, 260
Lennon, J. Michael, 245
lesbians, 136–37
LeShan, Lawrence, 410
Levine, David, 102
Levinson, Daniel, 213–14
Lewis, John, 438
Lewis, Michael, 335
Liar’s Poker (Lewis), 335
Life History Questionnaire, 274
Life magazine, 89, 96, 100, 244, 454, 456
Lincoln, Abraham, 350
Lindsay, John, 134, 148, 149
Lipson, Herb, 335–36
Lipton, Martin, 100, 259
Little, Brown, 454
Llewellyn, Bruce, 339
Llewellyn, Sahara, 339
lobster analogy, 212
London Daily Mail, 268, 350
London Observer, 239, 252
London, England, Clay-GS trips to, 310–12, 369
Look magazine, 60
Loomis, Robert “Bob,” 279, 339, 365–66, 368, 369
Los Angeles, California: Clay-GS in, 250; GS-Maura trip to, 250
Los Angeles magazine, Clay’s acquisition of, 249
Love, Mike, 77, 433
lovebird (parrot) incident, 198–99
Lovesounds (Sheehy), 67–70, 71, 103, 132; movie of, 71–73
“Lovesounds of a Wife” (Sheehy), 54, 67–68
loyalty: Clay-staff, 86, 98, 264–66; and Maura-GS relationship, 376; and Murdoch’s acquisition of New York magazine, 258, 259, 264–66
Luce, Henry, 186
lymphoma, Clay’s, 381, 388
M magazine, 382, 384
Macrae, Jack, 216–17, 221, 224
Madden, Mary Ann, 246, 390
Maggie and Misha (GS fantasy play), 358
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 73–78
Mailer, Norman, 244–45, 317
Mamaroneck, New York, Henion family in, 16–17, 21–26
Mamet, David, 246
Manchester Guardian newspaper, 180
Mandela, Nelson, 400
Manhattan, Inc. magazine, 335–36, 382
Maraniss, David, 147
Marge (Encounter counselor), 109
Margolis, Esther, 230–31
Marin County (California), GS lecture about Passages in, 225–26
marker events, 212
marriage: careers and, 70–71; of Clay and GS, 311–15, 316, 459; Clay-GS discussion about, 51–52, 54; Glaser’s comments about, 314–15; GS predictions about, 70–71; GS stories about, 54, 67–70; motherhood and, 68–69, 70–71; “open,” 183; patriarchal, 22; role in Clay-GS relationship of, 183–86, 296, 311; of Talese, 67–69; women’s movement and, 185–86
Marvin the Torch, 11
Marx, Gilda, 363
Massachusetts General Hospital, Clay’s cancer and, 407–8
maternity clinics, GS stories about, 7–8, 10–11
Matthiessen, Peter, 271
Maxwell, Jane, 85–86, 100, 241–42
Maysles brothers, 155
McCain, John, 333–34
McCarthy (boyfriend), GS’s “elopement” with, 29–35
McCarthy, Eugene “Gene,” 62, 64
McCarthy, Joseph, 25–26, 59
McCarthy, Pamela Maffei, 324
McDonell, Terry, 389–90
McGoldrick, Jack, 201, 202
McGovern, George, 323
McGuinness, Martin, 160, 161
McLuhan, Marshall, 12
McMullan, Jim, 102
Mead, Catherine, 138
Mead, Margaret, 137–38, 141, 249–50, 318, 371, 392
meditation, 77, 78, 79, 433, 436
Meier, Diane, 434
Men in Groups (Tiger), 125
“The Men of Women’s Liberation Have Learned Not to Laugh” (Sheehy), 126–27
Mendoza, Iris, 312
menopause: and GS in perimenopause/menopause, 360–64, 371–72, 406; GS’s research and writings about, 359–66, 367–71; hormone replacement therapy and, 362, 364–65; male ignorance about, 362, 367, 371; politics of, 364–65; and “post-menopausal zest,” 371–73, 392–93
mentor(s); Clay as GS’s, 208, 219, 440, 443; editors as, 7
Merrill, Philip, 334
Merry Pranksters, 12
Miami Herald, 323
middle class, income gap between: wealthy and, 71
midlife; as “crisis,” 211–12, 215–16, 316; and Second Adulthood, 386
Mikulski, Barbara, 372
Millett, Kate, 133
mind-body philosophy, 408
Miss America Pageant (1968), 131
Mitchell, John, 179
Mitchell, Joseph, 148
Mitterand, François, 341
Mohm (adopted daughter): adoption of, 292, 293, 294–96, 312; and Cambodian culture, 299, 301, 304–6, 392, 447; in Cambodian refugee camp, 287, 288–91, 293; in Cambridge, 408, 447; Clay and, 299, 303, 305, 306, 313; and Clay-GS in California, 388; and Clay-GS relationship, 310, 312, 315, 406; and Clay’s cancer, 40
6, 407, 408; dance and, 303–4, 306; early days in New York City of, 301–3; education of, 303, 392; as girl with hungry eyes, 287, 288–91; and GS-Mohm book about Cambodian refugees, 308–9; GS’s concerns about, 447; and GS’s daring, 459; GS’s mother and, 298; GS’s relationship with, 448; healing of, 307–9; language abilities of, 302; letter to GS from, 293; London trip of, 369; Maura and, 298, 300, 301, 303; memories of, 304–6, 307–9; naming of, 302; New York arrival of, 297, 298–301; photograph of, 415; at Pond’s home, 310; as Srey Mom, 291; as survivor (veseana), 308; terrace incident and, 304–6; and Thanksgiving party, 338; Trish and, 299, 300, 301; warnings about, 298; Wellesley graduation of, 392; worldly possessions of, 301
Monchy, Margie de, 287–88, 290, 298, 299, 301, 304–5
Mondale, Walter, 318, 321, 332
Montgomery, William, 408, 409–10
More magazine, 242
Morgan, Robin, 133
Morris, Dick, 395, 399
Morrison, Sean, 434–35, 437, 439–41, 444, 451
Morrison, Toni, 68
mortality: and Clay’s cancer, 376, 385; GS concerns about, 167, 186, 211–12, 217, 316, 384, 385; “midlife crisis” and, 211–12; Sadat’s views about, 277–78
Moseley Braun, Carol, 372
Moss, Adam, 448
Moss, Declan (grandson), 416–17, 417, 418, 436, 449
Moss, Mairead (granddaughter), 426, 436, 449
Moss, Maura. See Sheehy, Maura
Moss, Tim (son-in-law), 392, 419
mothers/motherhood: careers and, 70–71; GS’s views about, 70–71, 136–37; marriage and, 68–69, 70–71; and mothers as sole/primary earner, 71; single, 71; women’s movement and, 126, 136, 138
Ms. magazine, 90–91, 98, 136
Murdoch, Anna, 237–38, 239
Murdoch, Rupert: appearance and personality of, 236; and the British, 239, 252; Clay compared with, 238–40; and Clay–New York board relationship, 239–40, 251–53; Clay’s “friendship” with, 235–38, 265; GS views about, 236–37; and New York magazine acquisition, 252–66, 268–69, 390; and New York Post acquisition, 235–36, 238, 239; offers Clay editorial position, 262–63; reputation of, 239; Rohatyn’s comments about, 253; Washington Post acquisition by, 235–36, 238
Murphy, Mary, 415
Murray, Patty, 372–73
Nancy Drew mysteries, 21, 27
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 276
National Organization for Women (NOW), 131
National Student Marketing Corporation, 94
Nesbit, Lynn, 314, 369, 370
Nessel, Jack, 93, 99, 146, 390
“The New Breed” (Sheehy), 145
New Journalism: Clay and, 87; composite characters and, 146–48; criticisms of, 146–48; main contribution of, 143; New York magazine and, 86–89, 95
New Passages (Sheehy), 383–86, 393, 400
New West magazine, 249–50, 251, 259, 268–69, 382
New Woman, Colwin as harbinger of, 218
New York City: Clay’s views about, 82; fiscal crisis in, 93; GS meetings with her father in, 41–44, 109–10; and GS’s calling to be a journalist, 40; GS’s early days in, 4–15, 35–38; GS’s secret trips to, 25–26, 459; Maharishi’s visit to, 74–75; Mohm’s arrival in, 297, 298–301; prostitution in, 139–49; and women’s Fifth Avenue march, 134–35
New York magazine: advertising in, 86; ambitions of, 96; caricaturists at, 101–2; Clay-Glaser last meeting with staff of, 264–66; and Clay-GS relationship, 116, 119–20, 121; and Clay-staff loyalty, 86, 98, 264–66; Clay’s equity in, 247–48, 257; and Clay’s hiring of Fadner, 246–47; Clay’s reactions to Murdoch’s acquisition of, 270; Clay’s role at, 96–99, 174; collaborative process at, 93–94; columns in, 82; early stories in, 83–86; East Side Express as similar to, 330; egalitarian spirit at, 81; “family” at, 80–91, 258–59, 314, 389; funding for, 83, 86; Graham’s attempt to acquire, 253, 255–56; GS as freelance writer for, 57, 61, 80, 86–91, 110; impact of, 102; launching of, 3, 55, 56, 57, 83–84, 236; logo for, 81; Moss (Adam) as Clay’s successor at, 448; “mothers” at, 100–101; Ms. magazine and, 90–91; Murdoch’s acquisition of, 252–66, 268–69, 390; and Murdoch’s offer of editorial position to Clay, 262–63; Murdoch’s selling of, 269; New Journalism and, 86–89, 95; New Yorker competition with, 95–96; offices of, 80–81; revenues/value of, 248–49, 257, 268–69; and tributes to Clay, 389, 390; and Village Voice newspaper, 207–8; Wolfe’s “Radical Chic” story in, 88–90; women’s movement and, 90–91. See also New York magazine—Board of Directors of; specific person or story
New York magazine—Board of Directors of: and Clay’s hiring of Fadner, 246–47; Clay’s relationship with, 237, 239–40, 246–48, 249, 251–64, 269; and Los Angeles magazine, 249; Murdoch as member of, 260–61; and Murdoch’s acquisition of New York, 237, 239–40, 251–64, 269; and New West, 249, 251; as outsiders, 251; Patricof as chairman of, 247; writers’ delegation at meeting of, 259–63
New York Newsday, 202
New York Newswomen’s Club, GS awards from, 10–11, 149
New York Port Authority, 99
New York Post: and GS’s prostitution stories, 146; Murdoch’s purchase of, 235–36, 238, 239
New York Public Library, writers dinner at, 374–76
New York School of Art, 84–85, 103
New York Times: Bellows’s views about, 7; and Clay-GS relationship, 387; Clay as reader of, 183; Clay’s contribution to, 389; Clay’s obituary in, 445–46, 447; Goldsmith’s review of Warhol book in, 12, 84; and Hart interview, 324; Kramer review in, 98; New Journalism and, 147; Nixon’s threats and, 175; The Pentagon Papers and, 171, 172, 176; Sadat cartoon in, 278; The Secret Passage on bestseller list of, 368, 369; The Secret Passage review in, 368
New York Times Book Review: Lovesounds review in, 69–70; Passages as No. 1 in, 229, 234
New York Times Magazine: GS refugee stories for, 285–86, 287, 288; Reeves works in, 93
New York Times Sunday Book Review, Passages review in, 227
New York University, and Life History Questionnaire, 274
The New Yorker, 53, 94, 95–96, 147–48, 217, 246
Newhouse, Nancy, 187–88, 189, 192
News Corp., 268–69
News of the World, 239, 321
Newsweek magazine, 96, 148–49, 255, 321
Nichols, Mike, 89
Nichols, Peter, 311
Nightline (ABC-TV), 324
Nixon, Richard, 93, 170, 172–77, 179, 180, 181, 318, 324–25
“Normal Crisis of the Middle Years” (Levinson), 213
nuclear power, GS writings about, 249–50
Oak Room (Plaza Hotel): Clay-Steinem-GS lunch at, 132–33; NOW sit-in at, 131
Obama, Barack, 147, 438
O’Brien, Janet, 338
O’Hare, Rita “Rita Wild,” 162–63
O’Hare, Rory, 163
Oleg (Russian driver), 351–52
O’Neill, Catherine, 306, 307, 339, 414–15, 415
O’Neill, Mary Ellen, 279
Operation Desert Storm, 328–29
Orange Lodge (Northern Ireland), 161
O’Reilly, Bill, 442
O’Reilly, Jane, 97, 98
Orsher, Dr., 433
O’Shaughnessy, Elise, 365
Our Bodies, Ourselves (Boston Women’s Collective), 215
Ovens, Gladys Latham (grandmother). See Henion, Gladys Latham Ovens
Paar, Jack, 205
The Painted Bird (Kosinski), 204
Paley, William “Bill,” 243
Palin, Sarah, 333–34
“Palin’s Pastor Problem” (Sheehy and English), 333
Palladino, Jack, 395
palliative care, for Clay, 434–35
Palm restaurant (New York City), New York staff lunches at, 207
Parade magazine: Anderson’s (Walter) transformation of, 317; GS’s caregiver article for, 434
Paramount studios, 73
Pardo, Emilio, 450
Paris, France: Clay-GS trip to, 412–13, 414; GS tr
ip to, 228; GS-Trish trip to, 103, 115
Paris Match, 228
Passage to Power (Caro), 59–60
Passages in Caregiving (Sheehy), 279, 451–52
Passages (Sheehy): background research and writing for, 208, 209, 210–13, 217–21, 372, 383; Bantam publication of, 370; as bestseller, 229–31, 234; and Brown-GS relationship, 317; Clay’s comments about, 222; copy editing of, 216–17; cover design for, 224; Dutton contract for, 210, 273; and Gould “collaboration,” 218–20; and GS financial affairs, 210, 219, 230, 231–32, 273, 422, 426; and GS’s predictions about women, 70; and GS’s trip to Northern Ireland, 158; impact of, 272–73; men’s reactions to, 226–27; objectives for, 216; as “pop psychology,” 224; promotions/book tours for, 223, 224–27, 249; reviews of, 222–23, 227, 229; softcover edition of, 230–31; and stages of development, 209–16; as success, 229–30, 270, 272–73; title for, 221; word of mouth about, 224, 230–31
Passion Play (Nichols), 311
pathfinders: characteristics of, 273–75; definition of, 273
Pathfinders (Sheehy): research and writing about, 273–78; Sadat interview and, 276–78
patriarchy, 22, 133
Patricof, Alan, 246–47, 248, 251, 252, 257, 260, 261, 262, 263, 268
Patterson (Alicia) Foundation, 219
Peggy (twelve-step friend), 431–32
Penney, James Cash, 36–37, 459
The Pentagon Papers, 170, 171–72, 175, 176
“The People America Forgot” (Sheehy), 285
Peterhov, Irina, 355
Peters, Jon, 207
Peterson, Charles, 148–49
Pew Research Center, 71
Phil Donahue Show (TV show), GS’s appearance on, 205
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (Warhol), 12–13, 84–85
Pickens, Bill, 336, 337, 339
Pickens, Pat, 337, 339
Pierre Hotel (New York City), Felker Fest at, 388–91
Pileggi, Nick, 95
Pirie, Bob, 256–57, 263–65
Playboy magazine, erotic gospel of, 140
Plaza Hotel, Clinton fundraiser at, 403–4. See also Oak Room
Poitier, Joanna, 366
Pol Pot, 289, 305
political profiles, GS’s: for Vanity Fair, 317–29, 341, 371; of world leaders, 341–58. See also specific profile
politics: of menopause, 364–65; women in, 127–28, 130, 330–34, 372–73. See also political profiles, GS’s
Pond, Peter, 285–86, 299, 310
Powell, Colin, 336
power brokers, GS views about, 175–76
Preminger, Otto, 71–73, 89
Prince, Hal, 98
Pristavkin, Anatoly, 351
Pristavkin, Marina, 351
prostitution: clean-up commission for, 148; GS’s research and writings about, 139–49, 205; violence and, 141, 148