| Acknowledgments | xi |
| Permissions | xiii |
| Chronology of the Life of Jane Addams | xv |
| Hull-House Firsts | xix |
| A Return to Hull-House: Taking the Measure of an Extroardinary Life | xxi |
Part 1 | Introduction: "The Snare of Preparation" and the Creation of a Vocation | 1 |
1 | "The Macbeth of Shakespeare" | 5 |
2 | "Bread Givers" | 8 |
3 | "Cassandra" | 10 |
4 | "The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements" | 14 |
5 | "The Objective Value of a Social Settlement" | 29 |
6 | "The Settlement as a Factor in the Labor Movement" | 46 |
7 | "The Subtle Problems of Charity" | 62 |
8 | "Filial Relations" | 76 |
9 | "The Influence of Lincoln" | 88 |
10 | "The Snare of Preparation" | 100 |
Part 2 | Introduction: Justice and Amelioration--Finding Democracy's Middle Way | 114 |
11 | "Why the Ward Boss Rules" | 118 |
12 | "The Wrecked Foundations of Domesticity" | 125 |
13 | "The Thirst for Righteousness" | 136 |
14 | "Survivals of Militarism in City Government" | 147 |
15 | "A Modern Lear" | 163 |
16 | "Moral Education and Legal Protection of Children" | 177 |
17 | "Religious Education and Contemporary Social Conditions" | 196 |
18 | "The Chicago Settlements and Social Unrest" | 205 |
19 | "The Home and the Special Child" | 224 |
20 | "If Men Were Seeking the Franchise" | 229 |
21 | "The Public School and the Immigrant Child" | 235 |
22 | "Americanization" | 240 |
Part 3 | Introduction: "Woman's Remembering Heart": Bread-Giving, Peace-Making, and Sympathy as Political Forces | 248 |
23 | "Women's Conscience and Social Amelioration" | 252 |
24 | "The Sheltered Woman and the Magdalen" | 264 |
25 | "Introduction" (from The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House) | 270 |
26 | "Aspects of the Woman's Movement" | 275 |
27 | "Contrasts in Post-War Generation" | 294 |
28 | "A Review of Bread Rations and Woman's Traditions" | 307 |
29 | "Personal Reactions in Time of War" | 316 |
30 | "Address of Miss Addams at Carnegie Hall" (The Revolt Against War) | 327 |
31 | "Women's Memories--Challenging War" | 341 |
32 | "Patriotism and Pacifists in Wartime" | 352 |
33 | "Friendship with Florence Kelley--National Conference on Social Work" | 365 |
Part 4 | Introduction: Culture, Character, and the Power of Memory | 376 |
34 | "Pen and Book as Tests of Character" | 379 |
35 | "Women's Memories--Transmuting the Past, as Illustrated by the Story of the Devil Baby" | 382 |
36 | "Women's Memories--Reaction on Life, as Illustrated by the Story of the Devil Baby" | 392 |
37 | "A Personal Experience in Interpreting Memory" | 404 |
38 | "The Play Instinct and the Arts" | 416 |
39 | "Need a Woman over Fifty Feel Old?" | 432 |
40 | "Tolstoy and Gandhi" | 436 |
41 | "Our National Self-Righteousness" | 442 |
| Bibliography of the Printed Works of Jane Addams | 449 |
| Index | 475 |