The American creed -- The women of the new nation -- Enterprise : commercial and social -- Republican mothers in action -- Social entrepreneurship and the founding of American orders -- A market-based social enterprise system -- The tormenting issue of slavery -- Individualism and social profit in the post civil war era -- The building of national organizations for social profit -- Investors in social profit enterprise -- Social science, social service, and social profit -- Partnerships with the federal government -- And so, in conclusion.