In 1658 Herodias Gardner protests the abuse of Quakers by New England's Puritans, and is whipped in Boston for her daring act. At home in Newport, Rhode Island, she refuses to bind herself to any man in marriage for fear that he might steal her children, and struggles with the consequences.
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