\'There was nothing weak about Miss Olive, she was a fighting woman, and she would fight him to the death\' Basil Ransom, an attractive young Mississippi lawyer, is on a visit to his cousin Olive, a wealthy feminist, in Boston when he accompanies her to a meeting on the subject of women\'s emancipation.
One of the speakers is Verena Tarrant, and although he disapproves of all she claims to stand for, Basil is immediately captivated by her and sets about \'reforming\' her with his tra. \'There was nothing weak about Miss Olive, she was a fighting woman, and she would fight him to the death\' Basil Ransom, an attractive young Mississippi lawyer, is on a visit to his cousin Olive, a wealthy feminist, in Boston when he accompanies her to a meeting on the subject of women\'s emancipation
