Part I. A different way of serving, a different way of seeing -- 1. The amazing Miss Burchfield / Mary E. Guy -- 2. Josephine Goldmark : champion of scientific management and social reform / Hindy Lauer Schachter -- 3. Mary Livermore : a legacy of caring and cooperative womanhood in service to the state / Patricia M. Shields -- 4. Feminine pioneer : Nellie Tayloe Ross, first woman governor / Teva J. Scheer -- Part II. Pioneers in the upper echelons of the federal government -- 5. Madame secretary Frances Perkins / Meredith A. Newman -- 6. Patricia Roberts Harris: a pioneer champion of civil rights and social justice / Elizabeth G. Williams -- Part III. Into the twenty-first century : more women of courage and substance -- 7. Naomi B. Lynn : painting a rich canvas / Linda K. Richter -- 8. Maxine Kurtz : knocking down bars of the invisible cage / Van R. Johnston