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abolitionist movement, [>], [>]
Adams, Abigail, [>]
Adams, Camilla, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Adams, Edward, [>]
Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer, [>]–[>]
athletic abilities of, [>]
attempts to sell Stratemeyer Syndicate and, [>]–[>]
background of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
birth of, [>]
children of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
death of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
death of father, Edward Stratemeyer, [>]–[>]
death of husband, Russell Adams, [>]
death of mother, Lenna Stratemeyer, [>]–[>]
death of sister, Edna Squier, [>]–[>]
death of son, Sunny Adams, [>]–[>]
domestic challenges of, [>]–[>]
early employment by Stratemeyer Syndicate, [>]–[>], [>]
education of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
eighty-third birthday, [>]
grandchildren of, [>]
Grosset & Dunlap lawsuit for breach of contract, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Herald Tribune article about, [>]
job offers after college, [>]
love of reading, [>]–[>]
loyalty to Grosset & Dunlap, [>]–[>]
marries Russell Vroom Adams, [>], [>]–[>]
Nancy Drew series and. See Keene, Carolyn (pen name)
prejudice and, [>]–[>]
proposed pay increase for, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
revision of series books, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
role in Stratemeyer Syndicate, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
vacations in Europe, [>]–[>]
at Wellesley College, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
willful streak, [>]–[>], [>]
See also Stratemeyer Syndicate
Adams, Patricia (Patsy), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Adams, Russell Vroom, [>], [>], [>], [>]
death of, [>]
marries Harriet Stratemeyer, [>], [>]–[>]
vacations in Europe, [>]–[>]
visits Wellesley College, [>]
Adams, Russell Vroom, Jr. (Sunny), [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Adams, William T., [>], [>]
Alcott, Louisa May, [>], [>], [>]
Alger, Horatio, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
American Bandstand (TV program), [>]
American Magazine, [>]
American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), [>]
American Women, 1939-1240, [>]–[>]
Anthony, Susan B., [>]
Appleton, Victor (pen name), [>]
Applewood Books, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
athletic programs, for women, [>]–[>], [>]
Atlantic Monthly, [>]
Augustine, Jasper, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Augustine, Lillian Matteson, [>], [>], [>]
Augustine, Mildred. See Benson, Mildred Augustine Wirt
Aunt Nell (Nancy Drew character), [>]–[>]
Authors Guild, [>]
baby boom, [>], [>]
Ballet Shoes (Streatfeild), [>]
Benson, George, [>]
death of, [>]
marries Mildred Wirt, [>]–[>]
Benson, Mildred Augustine Wirt, [>]-[>]
archaeological interests of, [>]–[>]
athletic abilities of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
award for writing “The Courtesy,” [>]–[>]
background of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
becomes a pilot, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
birth of, [>]
birth of daughter, Margaret Joan (Peggy), [>]–[>]
Carolina Castle, [>]
Dana Girls series and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
death of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams and, [>]–[>]
death of Edward Stratemeyer and, [>]
death of husband, Asa Wirt, [>]
death of husband, George Benson, [>]
Doris Force series and, [>]
education of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
employed by Clinton Herald (Iowa), [>]–[>], [>]
employed by Stratemeyer Syndicate as writer, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Honey Bunch series and, [>]
in Iowa Authors Collection, University of Iowa, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
in Iowa School of Journalism Hall of Fame, [>]–[>]
Kay Tracey series and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
love of reading, [>]–[>]
love of writing, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
marries George Benson, [>]–[>]
marries Asa Wirt, [>], [>]
Midget series and, [>]–[>], [>]
Mildred A. Wirt Mystery stories, [>], [>]
moves to Toledo, Ohio, [>]–[>]
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories and. See Keene, Carolyn (pen name)
pay of Stratemeyer Syndicate and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Penny Nichols series and, [>]
Penny Parker Mystery Series and, [>]–[>], [>]
press coverage of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
as publicity writer for Toledo Community Chest, [>]–[>]
public libraries and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Ruth Darrow series and, [>]
Ruth Fielding series and, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
as student at University of Iowa, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
testimony in Grosset & Dunlap lawsuit against Stratemeyer Syndicate, [>]–[>]
visits Stratemeyer Syndicate offices, [>]–[>]
as working journalist, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Bess Marvin (Nancy Drew character), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Betty Gordon series, [>]
birth control, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Blume, Judy, [>]
Bly, Nelly, [>]
Blythe Girls series, [>], [>]
Bobbsey Twins series, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
commemorative boxed set of, [>]
origins of, [>]–[>]
Bomba the Jungle Boy series, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Bookman, [>]
Bound to Win series, [>]–[>]
Boy Scouts of America, [>]
“breeder” sets of books, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Bright Days (story paper), [>]
Brinser, Ayers, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Brown, Victoria Bissell, [>]
Brown [>]. the Board of Education, [>]
Buck and Larry Baseball stories, [>], [>]–[>]
Bunch, Charlotte, [>]
Cady Stanton, Elizabeth, [>]–[>]
Caldecott award, [>]
Calling All Girls magazine, [>]–[>], [>]
Carnegie, Andrew, [>]
Carter, Amy, [>]
Cassidy, Shaun, [>], [>]
Century of the Child, [>]–[>]
Cerf, Bennett, [>]–[>]
Chadwick, Lester (pen name), [>]
Charlie’s Angels (TV series), [>], [>]
Chatauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Cherry Ames series, [>]
childhood, attitudes toward, [>]–[>]
Child Labor Act (1916), [>]
children’s books
children as consumers and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
continued expansion of, [>]–[>]
postwar growth of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
See also series books; Stratemeyer
Syndicate
Children’s Book Week, [>]
Christie, Agatha, [>], [>], [>]
Circuit Chautauqua, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
civil rights movement, [>]–[>], [>]
Civil War, [>]
Clark, Joan (pen name), [>]
Cleary, Beverly, [>]–[>]
Cleveland Plain Dealer
article by Mildred Wirt Benson, [>]
profile of Mildred Wirt, [>]–[>]
clothing. See fashion
cold war, [>], [>], [>]
commemorative boxed sets, [>]
Commission on the Status of Women, [>]
Committee on Civil Rights, [>]–[>]
Community Chest, [>]–[>]
CSI(TV series), [>]
Cupples & Leon, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Dale, Dorothy (character), [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Dana Girls series, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
dancing, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
dating, [>], [>]–[>]
Dave Dashaway series, [>]
Dave Fearless series, [>]
Davis, Bette, [>]
Deutsch, Sarah Jane, [>]
dime novels, [>]–[>]
Dixiecrat party, [>]–[>]
Dixon, Franklin W. (pen name), [>], [>]–[>]
royalties and, [>]
See also Hardy Boys series
Dodge, Mary Mapes, [>]
domesticity, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Don Sturdy series, [>], [>]
Doris Force series, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Dorothy Dale series, [>]–[>], [>]
Drew, Carson (character), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Drew, Nancy (character)
as brand, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
character sheet for, [>]–[>]
character traits of, [>]-[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
described, [>], [>]–[>]
disagreements concerning, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
fiftieth anniversary celebration, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Mademoiselle magazine fashion shoot, [>]
movie rights to, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
music and, [>], [>]
revision of book series and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
as role model for girls, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
seventy-fifth birthday of, [>]–[>]
on television, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
See also Keene, Carolyn (pen name); Stratemeyer Syndicate; entries beginning with “Nancy Drew”
Durant, Henry Fowle, [>]–[>], [>]
Ederle, Gertrude, [>]
Eliot, Charles William, [>]–[>]
employment of women, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Equal Pay Act (1963), [>]
Equal Rights Amendment (1923), [>]
Equal Rights Amendment (1972), [>], [>]
Equal Suffrage League, [>], [>]
Estes & Lauriat, [>]–[>]
family values, [>]–[>]
fashion
changes in, [>]–[>]
Mademoiselle magazine Nancy Drew fashion shoot, [>]–[>]
River Heights, USA (Nancy Drew fashion collection), [>], [>]
at Wellesley College, [>]–[>]
Fearless, Dave (character), [>]
Feminine Mystique (Friedan), [>]
feminism, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also women’s rights
Fielding, Ruth (character), [>], [>]–[>]
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Sidney), [>]
Ford, Henry, [>]
Fortune magazine, [>]–[>]
Frazer Smith, Mary, [>]
Friedan, Betty, [>], [>], [>]
Gallup, George, [>]
Gallup Poll, [>]
Gardner, Erle Stanley, [>]
Garis, Howard, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Garis, Roger, [>]–[>]
George Fayne (Nancy Drew character), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, [>]
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
gold rush, Stratemeyer family and, [>]
Good Housekeeping, [>]
Good News (story paper), [>]
Granville, Bonita, [>]
Great Depression, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Great War. See World War I
Grosset, Alexander, [>], [>]
Grosset & Dunlap, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
death of Edward Stratemeyer and, [>], [>]–[>]
growth of children’s books and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
importance of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories to, [>]–[>]
Nancy Drew as brand and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
origins of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
publicity department, [>]–[>]
revision program for Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Stratemeyer Syndicate difficulties with, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
sues Stratemeyer Syndicate for breach of contract, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Hagan, Anne, [>], [>], [>]
Hammett, Dashiell, [>]
Hannah Gruen (Nancy Drew character), [>]–[>], [>]
Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates (Dodge), [>]
Happy Hollister series, [>]
Hardy, Frank (character), [>]–[>]
Hardy, Joe (character), [>]–[>]
Hardy Boys series, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Hardy Boys Detective Handbook, [>]
The Hidden Harbor Mystery, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
The Melted Coins, [>]–[>]
new paperback titles, [>], [>]
original-text editions of, [>]–[>]
revision program for, [>]–[>]
Rolling Stone and, [>]–[>]
success of, [>]
on television, [>]–[>]
Harris, Laura, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Hazard, Caroline, [>]–[>]
Hearst, Patty, [>]–[>], [>]
Heilbrun, Carolyn, [>]–[>]
Herald Tribune, [>]
His Girl Friday (movie), [>]
Hitler, Adolf, [>]–[>]
Holocaust, [>]
home economics, [>]–[>]
Honey Bunch series, [>], [>]
Hope, Laura Lee (pen name), [>]–[>], [>]
fan mail of, [>]
royalties and, [>]
in Who’s Who in America, [>]
See also Bobbsey Twins series
Horn Book, [>]
Ian, Janis, [>]
Iowa Alumni Review, [>]
Iowa Authors Collection, University of Iowa, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Iowa Journalist (magazine), [>]
Jennings, Peter, [>]–[>]
Juergens, Hugh, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Karig, Walter, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Kay Tracey series, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Keene, Carolyn (pen name)
Harriet Stratemeyer Adams as, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Authors Guild invitation and, [>]
Mildred Wirt Benson as, [>]-[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
fan mail of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Walter Karig as, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
royalties and, [>]
secr
et behind identity of, [>], [>], [>]-[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in Who’s Who in America, [>]–[>]
See also Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Keller, Helen, [>]
Kennedy, John F., [>], [>]
Kimball, Cora (character), [>]
Koch, Ed, [>]
Ladies’ Home Journal, [>], [>]
Lapin, Geoffrey S., [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Larson, Glen, [>]
Lebowitz, Fran, [>]