Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, 35 year old writer Elsie Robinson had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. After the gold mine she worked in shut down, she barged into the offices of the Oakland Tribune and was hired on the spot. She went on to become a nationally syndicated author whose column ran for over 30 years and garnered more than twenty million readers. Told in cinematic detail, this is the inspiring story of a maverick who took a gamble on self-fulfillment.