Gertrude Sanford Legendre
"I look ahead. I always have. I don't contemplate life, I live it. And I'm having the time of my life."
Times of cultural conflict, geo-political conflagration, and the exercise of great mortal passions call forth individuals who would ordinarily, if not for such drama, be embedded within more common and forgotten folds of history. When times are interesting, interesting people come to the fore and exercise peculiar gifts such as leadership, bravery, or,…