Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Kate Barnard: Oklahoma's Good Angel and Her Lonely Battle for Indian Orphans 7
Denis Swenie: Chicago's Courageous Fire Chief 21
Colonel George Waring: and the Victorious Street Sweepers of New York 33
Frances Kellor: The Stalwart Champion of Immigrants 49
August Vollmer: The Insightful Creator of Modern Policing 65
Lindsey, Lathrop, And Flower and the Twin Births of Juvenile Courts 73
Katherine Bement Davis: The Protective Scholar of "Wayward" Women 93
Ella Flagg Young: First in Her Chicago Class 105
Dewey, Carnegie, And Blue: The Rise of Public Libraries-White and Black 121
William Mulholland: Watering the Land of Eternal Sunshine 137
Dr. Charlie Mayo: Cows, Pigs and Public Health 157
Senator James McMillan: The Quiet Power Behind Modern Urban Planning 173
Muni One and the Violent, Inglorious Road to Public Transit 185
Reflections on Public Service Leadership 195
Acknowledgments 201
Bibliography 204
Photo Credits 224
Index 228