Sent away on an Orphan Train at fourteen, smart and lovely Blanche Spencer lands in St.
An early example of self-determination and girl power, Blanche-now Bonnie-travels alone to the Wil.
A trade booth at the 1904 World\'s Fair and a Cobden, Illinois apprenticeship launch her into a hat-making career, which she documents in a tiny diary, The Bonnet Book.
To rise above her servitude, she begins a self-education program.
Louis, Missouri as a nursemaid, wearing rags and sleeping in a pantry.
Sent away on an Orphan Train at fourteen, smart and lovely Blanche Spencer lands in St