Maureen Johnson (Heinlein character)

She is the mother, lover, and eventual wife of Lazarus Long, the longest-living member of Heinlein's fictional Howard families.

As a young teenager, Maureen discovers this fact from her very frank father who encourages her to seek a husband from among the accepted list of family candidates.

Bronson and Maureen are mentally and physically attracted to one another, and even go on a date and attempt to have sex, but are thwarted by young "Woody," who sneaks along, hidden in the back of the car.

But she regrets not knowing the eventual fate of her beloved father, Dr. Ira Johnson, and on the advice of her co-husband, Jubal Harshaw becomes an agent of the Time Corps (often accompanied by Pixel, the titular "Cat Who Walks Through Walls").

She is kidnapped by the "Committee for Aesthetic Deletions" while on a research trip and held in Kansas City on a previously unknown time-line.