The story of Mabel Dodge Luhan, a woman whose life ranged from strict Victorian New York society and Florence, Italy, to the freedom and flamboyance of Taos, New Mexico. Her indomitable spirit with belief in her own consequence, was funded by a a substantial private income, making it possible for her four-volume autobiography. Her eventual life in Taos attracted a large group of the famous, such as Marsden Hartley, Georgia O'Keefe, Ansel Adams, Carl Jung, and John Dewey. Her life was as exercise in egoism, but she provided financial support to a number of struggling artists and changed the public's perception of Native Americans.