Intro
Contents
List of Illustrations
The Story Behind the Story
Part I
Chapter 1 The March of the Women
Chapter 2 Wilmer Meets Edna
Small Things
Chapter 3 Granddaddy Wilmer
Chapter 4 "Dish Rags" and "She-Men"
Chapter 5 An Unlikely Couple
Chapter 6 "When Is Papa Coming Home?"
Chapter 7 The Secret
Chapter 8 "Don't Fall in Love with Curmudgeons"
Chapter 9 The Spirit of 1776 Wagon
Chapter 10 Getting to Know the Family on Edgar Allan Poe's Chairs
Part II
Chapter 11 The Telephone Party Line
Chapter 12 Just Friends

Chapter 13 Dinner at Delmonico's
Chapter 14 Many Women, Many Views
Chapter 15 Learning about Interviewing
Chapter 16 "Is It Always Like This?"
Chapter 17 "Will Thee Marry Me?"
Chapter 18 Rumblings at the Dinner Table
Chapter 19 "Happy New Year to Thee and All"
Chapter 20 First Chance to Be Alone
Looking Back: The Wedding
Friends' Intelligencer, Seventh Month 2, 1904
Wedding Notice, the Herald, Long Island
From Edna's Red Wanamaker Diary
Part III
Chapter 21 Charles, Angela, and the Wedding Scandal
Chapter 22 Honeymoon in St. Louis

Chapter 23 "I Am a Writer"
Chapter 24 Civil War Orphan School
Chapter 25 Sinking Spells
Chapter 26 Holly, Mistletoe, and Evergreens
Chapter 27 "It Is Awful. Awful."
Part IV
Chapter 28 "Trust Me"
Chapter 29 The Wagon in Woodstock
Chapter 30 Uproar in Huntington
Chapter 31 One Woman per Century
Chapter 32 Sojourner Truth in the Hudson Valley
Looking Back: In Their Own Words
1909
Edna Buckman Kearns. Notes. Circa 1909. From her collection of documents and memorabilia.
1912
Suffragist Whirlwind Campaign-1912. By Mrs. Wilmer R. Kearns (handwritten notes).

"Mrs. W. R. Kearns Writes of Plans to Convert the Regular Fairgoer-Open Air Meetings Were Big Feature," September 29, 1912, Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
1913
Edna Buckman Kearns, May 1913. Handwritten notes.
Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York. October 27, 1913. Letter to Editor of The Leader, Mr. E. G. Gardner.
Letter written by Edna Buckman Kearns, 29 Waterview Road, Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York. November 10, 1913.
1914
March 21st, Rockville Centre, New York. Letter to Mr. Leroy-Weed, Senate Chamber, Albany, New York.

"Current Gleanings" by Edna Buckman Kearns, The Observer, June 1914.
1915
An Acknowledgment by Edna Buckman Kearns.
"Current Gleanings: Shoulder to Shoulder for Principle" by Edna Buckman Kearns, The Observer, Rockville Centre, New York. June 18, 1915.
"Confessions of a Suffragist" by Edna Buckman Kearns, July 30, 1915, The Owl, Long Island, New York.
Empire State Campaign Committee: Second Campaign District Comprising Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Mrs. Wilmer Kearns, Press Chairman.
Last Call for 1915
1917