A woman devotes herself to good causes after being abandoned by her boyfriend and forced to have an abortion. She becomes a campaigner for prison reform, but risks being involved in a scandal when she has a passionate affair with a married judge who is under investigation for corruption. Drama based on Sinclair Lewis' novel, starring Irene Dunne and Walter Huston.

After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.