| Agradecimientos | p. xvii |
| Yerba Bruja | p. xxiii |
| Revision | p. xxxi |
| Bisabuelas | |
| Gingko | p. 1 |
| First Mother--Sub-Saharan Africa: -200,000 | p. 1 |
| Women of Yams--West Africa: -50,000 to 200 | p. 3 |
| -50,000: Kindling--African Continent | p. 3 |
| -8,000: Forests--Nigeria | p. 4 |
| Wild Yam | p. 5 |
| -4,000: Colors--West Africa | p. 6 |
| -2,000 to 0: Bantu Women Cut Bananas--Africa | p. 6 |
| Banana Peel | p. 7 |
| 200: Salt--Northwest Africa | p. 7 |
| Women of Bread--The Mediterranean: -12,000 to -1,500 | p. 8 |
| -12,000: The Deer Mother--El Juyo, Spain | p. 8 |
| -6,500: The Peaceful Land--Southeastern Europe | p. 10 |
| -6,000: Pig Mother--Europe | p. 12 |
| -3,500: Mare's Milk--Ukraine | p. 13 |
| -2,700 to -2,000: Deserts--North Africa | p. 15 |
| -1,500: Cutting--Northeast Africa | p. 16 |
| Morivivi | p. 18 |
| Scars | p. 19 |
| Women of Yuca--America: -15,000 to 500 | p. 20 |
| -15,000: Pikimachay--The Andes | p. 20 |
| Potatoes | p. 21 |
| -4,000: Rainforests--Upper Amazon and Orinoco Basins | p. 22 |
| -4,000: Corn--MesoAmerica | p. 23 |
| -1,000 to 500: Temples--Central and North America | p. 24 |
| Tobacco | p. 24 |
| 0: City Girls: Teotihuacan, Mexico | p. 25 |
| 0 to 500: Turtle Women, Women of Trees--The Caribbean | p. 26 |
| Abuelas | |
| West African Women: 600 to 1400 | p. 27 |
| 600 to 1400: Market Women--West Africa | p. 27 |
| 700: Not All Tribes Build Upward Toward the Sky--Nigeria | p. 28 |
| 600 to 1400: Slave Road--Africa | p. 29 |
| 1352: Ibn Batuta Writes Home--Mali | p. 30 |
| 1440: People, Pepper, Ivory, Gold--West Africa | p. 31 |
| American Women: 700 to 1400 | p. 32 |
| 700: Mayas--MesoAmerica | p. 32 |
| 975: Against the Knife--Mexico | p. 32 |
| 1000: Bone and Hair and Shard--North America | p. 33 |
| 1400: Caciques--Boriken | p. 34 |
| Mediterranean Women: 600 to 1400 | p. 35 |
| 620: Arabian Nights--Arabian Peninsula | p. 35 |
| 900 to 1300: Bread, Oil, Wine--Christian Spain | p. 38 |
| Olive Oil | p. 40 |
| 900 to 1200: Poets of Al-Andalus--Muslim Spain | p. 41 |
| 1097: Fire at the Gates--Syria | p. 43 |
| 900 to 1400: Juderias--Iberian Peninsula | p. 44 |
| Pomegranates | p. 46 |
| 1350: Working Santiago de Compostela--Galicia, Spain | p. 46 |
| Premonitions | p. 47 |
| 1478: Unfortunate Isles--Canary Islands | p. 47 |
| 1482: Elmina Castle--Ghana | p. 48 |
| 1487: Maleus Maleficarum--Germany | p. 49 |
| 1490: Stolen Women | p. 50 |
| Bad Dreams: The Prophets Speak--The Americas | p. 51 |
| 1490: Guabancex Stirs the Pot--Boriken | p. 52 |
| Calendars | p. 53 |
| Discovery | |
| Huracan: 1492-1600 | |
| Bitters | p. 64 |
| 1492: Penetration | p. 64 |
| 1492: Lamento sefardita--Spain | p. 66 |
| Romero | p. 66 |
| 1493 to 1511: Leyendas--Puerto Rico | p. 67 |
| 1509 to 1521: La Marcaida--Cuba and Mexico | p. 77 |
| 1514: Manikongo Affonso's School for Bakongo Girls--Kongo, West Africa | p. 79 |
| 1515: Toa | p. 80 |
| 1515: Pinones | p. 82 |
| 1515: Pinon Shopping List | p. 83 |
| 1515: Platano | p. 83 |
| 1515: Naborias--The Names of the Captives | p. 84 |
| 1519: The Speckled Death--Central America and the Caribbean | p. 86 |
| Alegria | p. 87 |
| 1525: Snakeskin--Mexico | p. 88 |
| 1526: Conejo's Brothel--San Juan, Puerto Rico | p. 89 |
| 1534: Slave Mothers--Puerto Rico | p. 90 |
| 1547: Limpieza--The Spanish Empire | p. 92 |
| 1550: Conversas at the Stake--Lorca, Spain | p. 93 |
| Calendula | p. 95 |
| 1560: Jigonsaseh--New York State | p. 95 |
| 1563: Indiera | p. 96 |
| 1564: Dona Gracia--Europe and the Ottoman Empire | p. 97 |
| 1575: Teresa de Avila Counts Demons | p. 99 |
| 1592: Flames--Puerto Rico | p. 100 |
| Jenjibre: 1600-1699 | |
| 1600: Catalina Steals Away--Spain and Panama | p. 103 |
| 1605: A Seed Falls in Pernambuco--Brazil | p. 104 |
| 1606: Caribes | p. 105 |
| 1607: Wild West | p. 106 |
| 1608: Gingerbread--San Juan de Puerto Rico and England | p. 107 |
| Ginger | p. 107 |
| 1618: Nzinga's Stool--Angola | p. 108 |
| 1618: Witches' Stool--Western Europe | p. 109 |
| 1623: Ana de Mendoza Unpacks--San Juan de Puerto Rico | p. 110 |
| 1625: S/he--Latin America | p. 111 |
| 1629: Manahatta--Mouth of the Hudson River | p. 113 |
| 1630: The Weavers of Dean--England | p. 115 |
| 1635: Playa Boqueron | p. 115 |
| 1636: I Believe It Is No Sin--Galicia | p. 116 |
| 1640: Paula de Eguiluz--Colombia | p. 117 |
| 1647: Stuyvesant--New Amsterdam | p. 118 |
| 1648: The House of Peace | p. 119 |
| 1650: On the Road to Veracruz--Mexico | p. 119 |
| 1663: Nzinga, the Warrior Queen--Angola | p. 121 |
| 1664: Decree | p. 122 |
| 1694: The Death of Palmares--Brazil | p. 123 |
| Llanten | p. 123 |
| 1695: News of Sor Juana--Mexico | p. 124 |
| 1695: The Weavers of Tayasal--Guatemala | p. 125 |
| Parteras: 1700-1798 | |
| 1700: The Forests Sail East--New England | p. 127 |
| White Pine | p. 127 |
| 1701: The Country of Women | p. 128 |
| 1706: Beatrice of Kongo--Central Africa | p. 129 |
| 1714: Cangrejos | p. 130 |
| 1720: Cecilia Ortiz | p. 131 |
| 1728: Nannytown--Jamaica | p. 132 |
| 1736: The First Cafeto | p. 133 |
| 1741: Many-Headed Hydra--New York | p. 134 |
| 1748: Escapees--St. Croix | p. 134 |
| 1765: The Song of the Forest | p. 135 |
| 1777: If Fray Inigo Had a Sister | p. 136 |
| 1786: Parbulos | p. 137 |
| 1788: Reverse Slavery--Ste. Domingue | p. 139 |
| Anamu | p. 140 |
| Lazos: 1798-1898 | |
| Melao | p. 141 |
| 1804: News from Haiti | p. 141 |
| 1817: War Widows | p. 142 |
| Yerba Buena | p. 143 |
| 1820: Maestra Cordero | p. 144 |
| 1824: We Treated Them Well | p. 145 |
| 1824: Runaways | p. 147 |
| 1825: Flora Tristan Reads in Bed--Paris, France | p. 148 |
| 1833: Maria Bibiana Writes | p. 149 |
| 1833: Voyages--Peru | p. 150 |
| 1833: Maria Barbanera | p. 151 |
| 1834: Autos de Anti-Fe--Spain | p. 152 |
| Yellow Dock | p. 153 |
| 1844: Some Lives Burn Like Quick Flame--France | p. 154 |
| 1868: Francisca Brignoni | p. 154 |
| 1873: The Freedwomen Contract Themselves | p. 155 |
| 1875: Campos de soledad--Galicia, Spain | p. 156 |
| 1880: Tortures--Tennessee and Puerto Rico | p. 157 |
| 1886: Damas | p. 158 |
| 1895: Charcas, or, the True Story of Cafe au Lait | p. 158 |
| 1897: Luisa in Love | p. 159 |
| 1895: Mercedes a caballo | p. 160 |
| 1898 to 1900: Guabancex Again | p. 160 |
| Aguacero: 1899-1929 | |
| 1899: Ghost Dancing | p. 162 |
| 1900: Civilization--Europe | p. 165 |
| 1901: The Death Train--Southwestern United States | p. 165 |
| 1903: Postcards of Colonialism | p. 166 |
| 1909: La otra Aurora | p. 167 |
| Ruda | p. 168 |
| 1909: Lessons | p. 168 |
| 1913: Opiniones | p. 169 |
| 1914: Delmira--Montevideo, Uruguay | p. 171 |
| 1917: War Effort | p. 172 |
| 1918: Lavenderas | p. 172 |
| 1918: Vida alegre | p. 173 |
| Maguey | p. 174 |
| 1919: Lost Bird--Western United States | p. 174 |
| 1921: Harlem--New York | p. 176 |
| 1923: Tuberculosis | p. 176 |
| Mullein | p. 177 |
| 1927: Pasodoble | p. 178 |
| 1929: Journey | p. 178 |
| 1929: Hechos desconocidos | p. 179 |
| Derrumbe: 1930-1954 | |
| 1930: El barrio | p. 181 |
| 1931: Tiempo muerto | p. 182 |
| Malanga | p. 183 |
| 1933: Pura Belpre--New York | p. 183 |
| 1934: Needleworkers | p. 184 |
| 1935: Bread upon the Waters | p. 185 |
| 1935: Julia in Naranjito | p. 187 |
| Naranja | p. 188 |
| 1937: The Jane Speed Bookstore--Birmingham, Alabama | p. 188 |
| 1937: Madre patria | p. 189 |
| 1942: Wartime at the PO--New York | p. 190 |
| 1943: The Ghetto Comes to the Barrio--New York | p. 191 |
| 1944: Nuestra guerra--New York | p. 192 |
| 1948: Julia Drinks a River of Sorrow--New York | p. 193 |
| 1950: Threads--New York, Puerto Rico, Illinois | p. 194 |
| 1950: Stories | p. 196 |
| 1953: No nascas--Puerto Rico and the United States | p. 198 |
| 1953: The Bad Mother--New York | p. 200 |
| 1953: 105th and Fifth Avenue--New York | p. 201 |
| 1953: Dime Capitan | p. 202 |
| 1954: Freedom Songs | p. 204 |
| Milk Thistle | p. 204 |
| 1954: Transition | p. 205 |
| La Botanica (Sources) | p. 209 |
| Glossary of Selected Words | p. 229 |
| Medicine Cabinet | p. 232 |
| Index of Historical Persons | p. 233 |
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