Bonnie Consolo

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Bonnie J. Consolo (October 12, 1938 – December 27, 2005), née Bonnie Jean Pflug, was a Kentucky native and motivational speaker who was born without hands or arms. Consolo was the third of five children born to Wendell and Ruby (Sorrell) Pflug, and the only one with born with a disability in the family.

Consolo was raised on her parents' farm in rural Kentucky, and graduated from high school in Frenchburg, Kentucky. Consolo tried artificial arms; however, she found them uncomfortable and never acclimated to them. She married Frank Consolo in 1966 near Hayward, California.

Consolo's life captured the attention of the

She later divorced her husband and returned to her native Kentucky where she completed her college education, earning a BA degree in psychology from Morehead State University. In 1986 she married Ronald M. Duncan in Montgomery County, Kentucky. In 1993 she self-published her autobiography, Bonnie, an Autobiography.

Consolo died in Lexington, Kentucky, on December 27, 2005. Her ashes were scattered in the Red River Gorge.

Sources

• A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo
• An excerpt from the film courtesy of Direct Cinema Ltd.
• Mother without arms
  Independent Press-Telegram
  , Long Beach, California, December 5, 1971, Page A2.
• She Makes Her Life in Foot Oriented World,
  Fresno Bee Republican
  , Fresno, California, July 14, 1968.
• She changes diapers with her feet, Oakland Tribune, December 4, 1971, page 4A.
• Social Security Death Index, Bonnie J. Consolo.

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