A New England heritage (1828-1832)
A New England childhood (1828-1844)
A trying ordeal (1842-1844)
Great expectations (1844-1845)
Changing directions (1844-1845)
Nauvoo (1844-1846)
Winter quarters (1846-1848)
The nascent Westerner (1848-1852)
Becoming a Wells (1852)
The Wells family (1852-1870)
The emerging journalist (1870s)
Recompense (1874-1875)
A local luminary (1875-1876)
Successes and sorrows (1877-1878)
Wells goes to Washington (1878-1879)
Moving on (1881-1885)
A return to her roots (1885-1886)
A failed effort (1886)
A family affair (1886)
Sequel (1887)
Aftermath (1887-1888)
Changes and challenges (1887-1888)
New thresholds of change (1888-1890)
A leading sister (1890-1892)
Dead Sea apples (1889-1891)
Expanding horizons (1891-1893)
The lure of Utah politics (1894-1895)
Partisan politics (1895-1897)
A book of her own (1896-1898)
An innocent abroad (1899)
The new century (1900-1901)
A new generation (1901-1904)
No rest for the weary (1905-1908)
The elect lady (1908-1911)
End of an era (1911-1914)
Winding down (1915-1918)
The true light (1919-1921)
Appendix. The family of Emmeline B. Wells.