Today in 1891, 15yo Lucilla Smith was back in the SF Magdalen Asylum for working in the Montana saloon on the Barbary Coast and giving her earnings to a serial grifter, George Reeves, who'd already exploited her older sister. The whole story feels like a societal breakdown. pic.twitter.com/EjC10K1bW3
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) January 3, 2023