middle class, xviii, 5, 69, 82, 92–93, 163, 185
Midwest Academy, 131
Millennial Generation, 151, 161, 166, 172
Miller, Emma Guffey, 57
Miller, Frieda, 14–15, 21, 28, 29 , 33, 42
Miller, J. Howard, 24
mimeo machines, 174
minimum wage, 10–12, 48, 51, 59, 64, 109, 125–26
Mink, Patsy, 134
minorities, xxi, 5, 8–9, 25–26, 34, 44, 81, 92–100, 108–9, 114–16, 127, 166, 170, 186, 196, 200–203
Mirren, Helen, 137
misogyny, 87, 169, 176, 182, 190, 206, 216, 218
Miss America Pageant (1968), 64, 69, 71
Mississippi, 102
“Mississippi appendectomies,” 114
modern dance, 138
Modern Family, 181
Mohanty, Chandra Talpade, 187
MomsRising, 193–94, 195 , 196, 199
monographs, 173
Montgomery, Ala., bus boycotts (1955), 47
Moreno, Luisa, 20
Morgan, Joan, 188
Mormons, 17–18
Moseley Braun, Carol, 149–50
motherhood, xix, 12, 19, 29–30, 33–34, 50, 59, 72, 86, 141–42, 147, 150–59, 168–69, 172, 192–203,
218–19, 220, 229, 230
“Motherhood Manifesto,” 193
motherhood movement, 193–96
Mothers for Adequate Welfare, 127
Movement, The, 76
Ms., 140–41, 150, 153, 155, 173, 174, 192, 218
“mudflap girls,” 183–84
Mujeres por la Raza conference (1971), 98
multi-issue organizations, 107
murder, 117, 212
Murray, Patty, 149
Murray, Pauli, 22, 43, 50, 51, 55, 60, 61
music, 136–37, 138, 180–81, 210
“Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm, The” (Koedt), 86, 207
nannies, 201–2
Nation, 76, 178
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2, 5, 8 , 61, 72, 147–48
National Association of Manufacturers, 12, 53