El Delirio: The Santa Fe World of Elizabeth White
Amelia Elizabeth White (1878-1972) was born into an East Coast world of wealth and privilege. After serving as army nurses in Europe during World War I, she and her sister Martha chose to settle in the small town of Santa Fe, New Mexico. There Elizabeth became a passionate advocate for Pueblo Indian rights, an inspired patron and promoter of Indian art, and a dedicated community activist. El Delirio offers an appealing glimpse into a fascinating period of Santa Fe history.
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Richly illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, El Delirio is a loving portrait of the remarkable Elizabeth White, one of the great women of the Southwest in a very small body. White was a passionate advocate for Pueblo Indian rights, an inspired patron and promoter of Indian art, and a dedicated community activist for the preservation of Santa Fe history. She was also a member of a fascinating circle of artists, writers, musicians, anthropologists, and archaeologists, whom she entertained lavishly at El Delirio (The Madness), the beautiful Santa Fe estate built by the White sisters in the 1920s.
