Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Turning points -- Women Foundation Members of the Linguistic Society of America -- Participation obstacles and exclusion -- Three stories -- Alice Vanderbilt Morris -- A Vanderbilt woman -- Founding of IALA -- Auxiliary languages: a brief history -- The academy -- IALA's research programs -- Alice Vanderbilt Morris and Edward Sapir -- Conflicts and changes -- The final product -- Money and connections -- Conclusions -- Gladys Amanda Reichard -- Traditions -- Elsie Clews Parsons: scientist, benefactor, institution -- Preparation for the field -- Language -- a living, cultural phenomenon -- The Hogan School -- Nature of language and goals of linguistics -- Territoriality -- Relationships -- Reputation -- E.Adelaide Hahn -- A life without boundaries -- Friends and colleagues -- Adelaide Hahn and the Linguistic Society of America -- Language and linguistics at Hunter College -- Philology and linguistics -- Vergil, Horace, and Winston Churchill -- Ancient and classical languages -- Problems of method -- Not forgotten -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index.