Thornton Wilder by Penelope Niven

510–11, 512–19, 521–22, 524–25, 528, 529, 533, 534, 557–58, 574, 575–76, 578, 582–83, 617–20, 625, 695–97
    in Europe, 174, 189, 196, 215
    and family separations, 49, 57, 70–71, 85, 375–76
    and her father, 34, 35, 47, 48, 52, 80, 82, 141, 229, 367–68, 373–74, 415, 513–14
    in Hong Kong, 19, 22–25
    independence sought by, 285–86, 329, 373–76, 411, 417, 456, 482, 514–15, 583, 618
    lobotomy of, 513, 583, 618–19
    and money matters, 205, 219, 420, 456, 482, 514, 521, 524–25
    at Mount Holyoke, 92, 98–99, 102, 114, 116, 140–41, 144, 150, 164, 174, 255
    personality of, 47, 52, 71, 85, 141, 188, 291
    poetry of, 34, 84, 139, 141, 196, 219, 251, 255, 367, 369, 373, 411, 429, 460, 484–85, 515–16
    at Radcliffe, 239, 255
    and sexuality, 368, 374–75, 515–16
    at Smith College, 323, 329, 373
    summer activities, 80, 82, 104–5
    teaching, 291, 323, 329
    and temperance pledge, 55
    and TNW’s work, 346, 516
    and WPA, 411, 429, 482
    and YWCA, 174, 189
    Wilder, Charlotte Elizabeth (sister), writings of:
    â€œHollows,” 141
    â€œIn a Corner of France,” 273
    Mortal Sequence, 460, 484, 516
    â€œOf Persons, Not Alive,” 374
    Phases of the Moon, 485, 515, 516, 517
    Wilder, Charlotte Topliff Porter (grandmother), 2, 3
    Wilder, George (no relation), 46
    Wilder, Isabel (sister):
    birth and childhood of, 1–2, 11, 17, 22–28, 35, 47
    in California, 26–28, 37, 83, 84–85
    and Charlotte’s illness, 511, 513, 517, 522, 618, 696
    death of, 701
    in England, 195, 205, 216, 217–18, 223, 323
    in Europe, 47, 49, 51, 55, 66, 70
    and family obligations, 517–18, 574–75, 577, 699
    and Federal Writers’ Project, 484
    health problems of, 468–69, 592, 696, 699
    and her father, 116, 117, 229, 368, 410, 411, 415
    and home, 371–73, 411, 417, 634
    in Hong Kong, 19, 22–25
    memories of, 14, 71
    and money matters, 223, 329, 420, 456, 524, 696
    in New Haven, 92, 98, 122, 188, 249–50, 371–73
    in New York, 234–35, 474
    at Northfield, 116–17, 146, 164
    romantic problems of, 189–90, 218, 372, 428–29, 431–32, 457, 459
    summer activities, 104–5, 140, 273, 616
    TNW’s travels with, 326–27, 463, 663, 667, 668
    and TNW’s work, 333, 350, 365, 372–73, 448, 477, 483, 488, 519, 541, 544, 551, 554, 555, 558, 572–73, 574–75, 589, 615, 656, 659, 660, 669, 674, 677, 678, 679
    as writer, 138, 139, 190, 217, 367, 369, 371–72, 428, 460
    at Yale, 239, 249–50, 326
    Wilder, Isabel (sister), writings of:
    At Dusk, 217
    The Empty-Handed, 217
    Heart Be Still, 372, 397
    Let Winter Go, 372, 428–29, 574
    Mother and Four, 372
    Wilder, Isabella Thornton Niven (mother), 3–8
    and APW, 6, 7–8, 25, 29, 50–51, 140, 188, 229, 230, 274
    birth and background of, 4–5
    in California, 25–31, 32, 74–75, 82–83
    and Charlotte’s illness, 510–11, 513, 517, 518, 521–22, 524–25
    children of, 1–2, 11, 13, 75
    in China, 37–40
    cultural interests of, 11, 14, 27, 87, 108, 122, 139, 460
    death of, 577, 578, 579, 701
    early years of, 4, 6–7
    in England, 195, 205, 216, 314, 323, 331
    in Europe, 46–47, 48, 49, 50–51, 55, 60–61, 66, 216–17
    health problems of, 551, 577
    home and family, 363, 367, 379, 413, 417, 459–60, 484
    in Hong Kong, 21–22
    and money matters, 83, 92, 119, 195, 231, 326, 329, 346, 420, 456, 518, 519
    in New Haven, 92, 98, 122, 229–31, 326, 332, 474
    personal traits of, 6, 27, 108, 273–74, 577, 589
    poems by, 122, 138, 367, 413, 577
    Red Cross work of, 84, 122
    and religion, 13, 139
    schooling of, 4, 117
    and TNW in Rome, 180, 186, 190–91
    and wartime, 129, 134, 538, 551, 559, 562
    Wilder, Janet Frances (sister):
    birth of, 1, 35–36, 37
    in California, 83
    and Charlotte’s illness, 696–97
    childhood of,