Based on the biographies, the cultural and civic intervention of the poetess Natalia Correia, the publisher Snu Abecassis and the journalist Vera Lagoa (pseudonym of Maria Armanda), Three Women depicts the last year of the Estado Novo (Portuguese dictatorship regime), between 1961 and 1973, from the beginning of the Colonial War to the eve of the April Revolution. The actions and the crossed roads of these 3 women stand as an example of courage and commitment with days to come.