"Women's lives historically have been very complex and interconnected - being a woman you can never be just one thing. Nellie McClung, for example, was a writer, reformer, politician and mother. So the themes of the six chapters are set for the sake of focus rather than to compartmentalize. The chapters are: In the Beginning, A Great Race of Women, My Sister's Keeper, The Door Steadily Opens, The Long Distance Race, and Voices and Visions.