Sex Goes to School: Girls and Sex Education before the 1960s

Index

Index abortion, 24, 95, 148 abstinence, xii, xvi, 19, 147 activities, xvi, 132–39. See also dances; dating ; youth culture administrators, school, 14–15 adolescence, 69; developmental tasks of, 100, 116; as period of struggle, 105 adolescents: of color, 61; and consumer culture , 188n1; personal problems of, 27–29; perspectives of, x, 23–29; questions posed by, 95, 143; sexual behavior of, 17, 25, 27; views on sex education, 143. See also boys; girls; youth culture advice to parents, 15–16 African Americans: and civil rights, 18; as depicted in Palmour Street, 35–36; as parents, 16; in Portland, Oregon, 132–33; in San Diego, 58–59, 61, 128, 174n81; and segregation in Toms River, 53, 170n42, 172n63; and views on sex education, 24. See also race Alabama, 117 Albert, Eddie, 50 American Social Hygiene Association (ASHA): and Dickinson drawings, 73; and Elizabeth Force, 58; and guidance for sex education, 5, 12, 16, 48; leaders of, 52; “preinduction” curriculum, 32–34, 40, 141, 163n62, 163–64n68 anatomy. See sexual anatomy aphrodisiacs, 26 appearances, 126–32 Atlanta, 11 Asian Americans, 25, 128 Avery, Curtis, 34, 51 Babcock, Russell B., 72, 73, 96 Bachelor’s Club, 134 Bailey, Beth L., 16 Baker, John Newton, 22–23, 45 Bannon, Ann, 127 Barbour, Richmond, 67 Barrett, Tyler, 136 battleground, sex education as, 1–3 beauty competitions, 128–29 “Beaux Catcher” perfume, 128 Beck, Lester F., 50, 76 Beebo Brinker series, 127 Bell, Howard M., 23–24 Bend, Oregon, 51 Berns, Alix, 135 Best, Amy L., 125 Better Homes and Gardens, 2 Bigelow, Maurice, 8, 52 biology classes. See science classes birds and bees. See reproduction: animal and plant birth control. See contraception Blume, Judy, vii boy-girl relations. See gender relations i-xviii_1-222_Free.indd 213 4/22/08 4:03:26 PM 214 . index boys: questions posed by, 23; and relationships with adult men, 43; and “sissy” behavior, xii, 35; suggestions to girls, 108, 110, 117, 120; views on dating, 134; yearbook inscriptions written by, 136–38. See also adolescents; masculinity Branson, Helen Kitchen, 70, 71 Breakey, Robert S., 105 breasts: and “bosom inferiority complex,” 70, 139; development of, 75–76, 106; as discussed in sex education, 74, 76, 115; as needing support, 109, 179n32, 186n32; and sexual pleasure, 135 Breines, Wini, 44, 127, 132, 134–35 Brooklyn, 135 Brown, Ellis C., 48–49, 167n13, 168n14. See also E. C. Brown Trust Bush, George W., 147 Canfield, Bill, 138 California, 15, 24, 34, 92, 132. See also Hayward ; Los Angeles; North Hollywood; San Diego; San Francisco; Tenny Bill Catholics, 2, 145, 169n26, 169n31, 192n12. See also religion Chamberlain, Terry, 136 Charlotte, North Carolina, 22, 27 chastity, xi, 19 Chicago, 145–46 children, sexual interests of, 82 child study, 7, 155n26 Cincinnati, 141 Clark, Miranda, 126, 136 Clarke, Ruth, 143 class, xi, 24, 47; and classism, xvi, 9, 18. See also white middle class; working class Cleveland, 121; Health Museum, 178n15 clitoris, 63, 74, 75 Coed Inn, 132 cold war, xiv Colorado, 45. See also Denver; Greeley comprehensive sex education, 18, 145, 147 condoms, 147–48 contraception, 24, 25, 96–97, 136, 147–48, 169n31 Cook, Cecil M., 17, 142 Corpus Christi, Texas, 22 cosmetics, 108, 128, 184n7. See also femininity Cranston, Rhode Island, 15 Dallas, Texas, 149 D’Amico, Kay, 135–36 dances, xvi, 125, 129, 131, 132–33, 134; “backward ,” 129, 134; marriage ceremonies performed at, 134 dating: adult prescriptions for, 81, 138; as integral to schools’ informal curricula, xvi, 125; as topic in sex education, 114, 117, 120, 142, 144; youth-produced pamphlet on, 131 Delaware, 29–30, 34–35 democratic families and relationships: as ideal in sex education, xvii, 18, 21, 35–38, 41–44, 145, 148 Denmark, 184n8 Denver, 11–12, 35, 96, 120–21 de Schweinitz, Karl. See Growing Up Detroit, 35, 100, 113, 116 Dickinson, Robert Latou, 73–75, 178n15, 179n29 District of Columbia, 16, 45 divorce, 1, 7, 113; in Toms River, 55, 58, 121 Doorway to Life (radio program), 43 double bind, 140 double standard, 32–34, 110, 139 Dowdy, Evelyn L., 60 Eagle, Mac, 134 E. C. Brown Trust, 48–49, 51, 56, 169n31 Echo (Webster Groves yearbook), 129, 133, 137–38 egalitarian relationships. See democratic families and relationships “emergency” sex education, 48 English classes, 29, 61, 108 Erb, Donald M., 49, 168n18 Ernest, Sue, 65 “Established Points in Social-Hygiene Education ” (Bigelow), 8 eugenics, 5 Evans, Elva Horner, 33 “facts of life,” 46, 54, 69–99 Fair Lawn, New Jersey, 28 Family Circles...