The film tells the story of Katie Holstrom, a girl who, dedicated to being a nurse, leaves her home in Minnesota. A friend of the family is in charge of taking her to her destination, but on the way she suffers an accident due to her drunkenness.
Katie arrives in the capital, but without money, and has to take temporary employment, doing it in the house of the family of a congressman. The whole family takes a lot of affection for her and encourages her to run for political elections, in which she manages to defeat her opponent.