At age seventeen in April 1893, Henrietta Place is tremendously excited that she has been accepted by the Board of Admissions of Barnard College in New York City, where she will study to become a school teacher. But then her Aunt Hildegarde informs her that her dream must end, for her domineering father, Major Marcus Belmont, is demanding that she and her aunt and sister join him out West. Henrietta tries to rebel, but it's no...