Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface by Cheryl Brown Wattley
Preface by Eddie Bernice Johnson
Chapter 1: Family, My Foundation
Chapter 2: Education Is Preparation
Chapter 3: Becoming a Nurse at St. Mary’s
Chapter 4: Lessons Learned as a Veterans Administration Nurse
Chapter 5: Becoming an Activist
Chapter 6: The Road to My First Primary
Chapter 7: The Beginning of My Rise in the Democratic Party
Photo Gallery
Chapter 8: Serving as a Representative in the Texas House (1973–1977)
Chapter 9: Being a Federal Official
Chapter 10: Return to Dallas
Chapter 11: Texas State Senator Eddie Bernice Johnson (1987–1993)
Chapter 12: District Thirty’s First Congressional Representative
Chapter 13: My First Decade as a Congresswoman (1992–2002)
Chapter 14: My Second Decade as a Congresswoman (2002–2012)
Chapter 15: My Final Decade (2012–2022)
Chapter 16: Some Things Took Decades
Chapter 17: Looking Back
Epilogue
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index