Mabel
Ganson
was born in Buffalo on 26th February,
1879. She obtained the name Dodge when she married a wealthy businessman
from New England.
Dodge moved to New York and her home
at 23 Fifth Avenue became a place where left-wing intellectuals and
activists met. This included John Reed, Louise
Bryant, Lincoln Steffens, Max
Eastman, Walter Lippmann, Margaret
Sanger, Bill Haywood and Emma
Goldman.
A pacifist, Dodge contributed articles
to the radical journal, The Masses,
during the First World War. After the war Dodge
married Tony Lujan, a Native American, and established
an artist colony in Taos, New Mexico. In 1922 D.
H. Lawrence stayed at Taos where he wrote The
Plumed Serpent (1926). The main character in his
short-story, The
Woman Who Rode Away,
was based on Dodge.
Dodge wrote several volumes of autobiography including Intimate
Memories
(1933), European
Experiences
(1936) and Edge
of Taos Desert
(1937).
Mabel
Dodge Lujan
died in Taos, New Mexico, on 13th August, 1962.
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