Esther Marie only wants to help a homeless little girl, but her family and fiance strongly object. Threatened with commitment and declared incompetent, she consents to being treated by a quack doctor. Her only hope for escape, in a time where women are powerless, is with a mysterious stranger. However, the stranger is on a private mission that involves carrying a gun, and a cell of anarchists are building a bomb. She is caught in a time when the forces of power and rebellion are ready to collide and explode.