Daring (62 page)

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

Lewinsky, Monica, 400, 403

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, 406, 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 trip to, 228; GS-Trish trip to, 103, 115

Paris Match
, 228