Cavalcade of america honors a woman who has earned herself a place in the history of our time. She is Martha Berry  (October 7, 1865 – February 27, 1942), founder of Berry College in Georgia. The story begins in the year 1890 when Martha's idea for a school to educate the poor children of the south is borne.

 The story of her life has been specially dramatized by Margaret Lewerth