Sisters and rebels: a struggle for the soul of America

Part one: Home. "Southerners of my people's kind" ; "Lest we forget" ; "Contrary streams of influence"

Part two: "A new heaven and a new earth". "The inner motion of change" ; "Far-thinking...professional-minded" women ; "A clear show-down" ; "Getting the world's work done" ; Writing and New York ; "Kok-I House"

Part three: A chosen exile. "The heart of the struggle" ; Culture and the crisis ; Miss Lumpkin and Mrs. Douglas ; "Heartbreaking gaps" ; Radical dreams, fascist threats ; Sisters and strangers

Part four: Writing a way home. "At the threshold of great promise" ; Wilderness years ; Expatriates return ; Endings.

Part one: Home. "Southerners of my people's kind" ; "Lest we forget" ; "Contrary streams of influence"

Part two: "A new heaven and a new earth". "The inner motion of change" ; "Far-thinking ... professional-minded" women ; "A clear show-down" ; "Getting the world's work done" ; Writing and New York ; "Kok-I House"

Part three: A chosen exile. "The heart of the struggle" ; Culture and the crisis ; Miss Lumpkin and Mrs. Douglas ; "Heartbreaking gaps" ; Radical dreams, fascist threats ; Sisters and strangers

Part four: Writing a way home. "At the threshold of great promise" ; Wilderness years ; Expatriates return ; Endings.