Allen, Amanda K. (2016) “Dear Miss Daly”: 1940s Fan Letters to Maureen Daly and the Age-Grading and Gendering of Seventeenth Summer Children's Literature Association Quarterly 41.1:24-40 DOI: 10.1353/chq.2016.0001 Topic YA/teenage romance readers Maureen Daly gender libraries/librarians genre definitions war/armed forces
Allen, Amanda Kirstin (2010) The Girls’ Guide to Power: Romancing the Cold War PhD, University of Alberta Topic YA/teenage romance Publishing psychology fashion/clothing paratext readers Betty Cavanna Mary Stolz Maureen Daly
Litton, Joyce A. (1994) "From Seventeenth Summer to Miss Teen Sweet Valley: Female and Male Sex Roles in Teen Romances, 1942-91 " Images of the Child 19-34 Topic YA/teenage romance gender Rosamond du Jardin Betty Cavanna Maureen Daly family