Lillian McCullough, a sixteen year old Scottish Immigrant with a fervid imagination, meets two women who will change her life. Catherine Hartwell, a teacher and a secret suffragette, is betrothed to rich bachelor who treats his servants, including Lillian with disrespect. Catherine and Lillian become fast friends and soon meet an author of a suffrage newspaper, nicknamed Angie Morgan. Together they fight for the rights they deserve and break away from their preconception of the world and make it their own.