Coming to terms with Florence Kelley : the tale of a reluctant biographer / Kathryn Kish Sklar -- Emma Goldman and the anxiety of biography / Alice Wexler -- Unlocking the Porter-Dewson partnership : a challenge for the feminist biographer / Susan Ware -- Two roads taken : writing the biography of Mary Heaton Vorse / Dee Garrison -- Critical journey : from Belle Moskowitz to women's history / Elisabeth Israels Perry -- Having it all, almost : confronting the legacy of Lucy Sprague Mitchell / Joyce Antler -- Male-identified woman and other anxieties : the life of Mabel Dodge Luhan / Lois Rudnick -- Lives through time : second thoughts on Jessie Daniel Ames / Jacquelyn Dowd Hall -- In search of Freda Kirchwey : from identification to separation / Sara Alpern -- Pursuing the life of a star : Helen Gahagan Douglas / Ingrid Winther Scobie.