A biography of Alice Henry (1857 1943), a pioneer in both the Australian and American labour movements.

Introduction; 1. 'Childhood in a new country': the early years, 1857¿1884; 2. 'The sistership of womanhood': an international feminist 1884¿1905; 3. 'Suffragizing the labour movement': working for the W.T.U.L. 1906¿1910; 4. 'Not mere philanthropy': editing Life and Labor 1911¿1915; 5. 'The Trade Union Woman': feminism and industrial legislation 1915¿1920; 6. 'Tapping the untouched possibilities': educating women for industrial democracy 1920¿1926; 7. 'Letters and a common past': the numbing defeat of old age 1927¿1943; Epilogue.