Sylvia Gerrish: The Girl With Poetical Legs
A few words on a star of old who fell on hard times, Sylvia Gerrish (Lillian Rollins, 1860-1906). Gerrish was a native San Franciscan; her parents were Mainers drawn to the west coast by the 1849 Gold Rush. She became a local musical comedy star in 1880, using her mother’s maiden name as her stage […]