A Place of Her Own

Born Blind Elizabeth Garrett Overcame Many Handicaps To Become Self-Sufficient And A Nationally-Known Musician Singer And Composer. In An Age When Women Were Still Strugglng For Their Independence She Developed A Career That Took Her Around The Country. She Neither Sought Nor Accepted Pity But Using Her Own Resources Created A Life And A Philosophy That Became A Source Of Wonder To All Who Knew Her. Daughter Of Controversial And Famed Frontier Sheriff Pat Garrett (Who Was Noted For Ending The Career Of Billy The Kid) And A Hispanic Mother Elizabeth Successfully Bridged The Time Gap Between The Still Lawless Days Of Early New Mexico And The Transitions Brought About By World War Ii. A New Mexican Who Loved Her Native State She Was Able To Write Of Its Beauties Without Ever Having Seen Them. She Wrote O Fair New Mexico The State Song And Was The State'S First Women'S Liberation Advocate. Photographs Illustrations Bibliography.