America 1920. Harriet Sherwood has always admired her grandmother Bebe. But she never thought that her decision to follow in the footsteps of her great role model and fight for social justice would land her in prison. Nor could she have expected that her old childhood adversary, Tommy O'Reilly, would be the one to arrest her one day. In her prison cell, Harriet has plenty of time to reflect on how her arrest could have happened. How did she become the person she is today? Long-forgotten memories of the three generations of women who shaped her rise within her come flooding back: her great-grandmother Hannah, who helped slaves escape, her grandmother Bebe, a driving force in the temperance movement, and her mother Lucy. All three women possessed immense inner strength and a strong will.