Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Childhood That Was Rarely Happy -- 3. ''An Eager, Fearless Mind'' -- 4. ''What Shall We Do with Our Girls?'' -- 5. ''Very Unusual Privileges'' -- 6. ''The Great Milepost and Turning Point'' -- 7. The Speaker of the House of Representatives -- 8. ''To I. L. B.'' -- 9. Self-Realization and Service -- 10. Ward 17 -- 11. Substitutes for the Saloon, Schools, and Suffrage -- 12. Private Funds for Public Purposes -- 13. ''My Beloved Centres'' -- 14. The Functions, Financing, and Control of Community Centers: Issues for the National Movement -- 15. The War Years -- 16. The New State -- 17. Not Neighborhood Groups but an Integrative Group Process -- 18. ''Too Good a Joke for the World'' -- 19. Creative Experience -- 20. Professional Transition, Personal Tragedy -- 21. ''You Have Been Extraordinarily Helpful to Executives'' -- 22. ''I am Almost at the Same Moment Happy and Unhappy'' -- 23. ''Prepared to Go or Stay with Equal Graciousness'' -- 24. Afterword -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.