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Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. The First Flapper. The Scandalous Southern Belle. B orn in Montgomery, Alabama on July 24, 1900. Champion dancer, swimmer & diver. Reputation for being wild * Wore a beige bathing suit so she looked naked from a distance

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Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald

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  1. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald The First Flapper

  2. The Scandalous Southern Belle Born in Montgomery, Alabama on July 24, 1900 Champion dancer, swimmer & diver Reputation for being wild * Wore a beige bathing suit so she looked naked from a distance * Stole a street car (cable car) and drove it through the streets clanging the bell * Loved to drink and was staying out all night by her mid teens

  3. The “IT” Couple Married in 1920, after a stormy courtship Embodied the hard-partying, lavish spending, tumultuous lifestyle of the 1920s Details of their private lives were popular tabloid topics Marriage began to crumble over issues of alcoholism, prescription drug abuse, and infidelity. Zelda was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia They mostly lived apart as Zelda spent much of the rest of her life in various institutions

  4. “They’re All Zelda” “Liquor on my breath is sweet to her. I cherish her most extravagant hallucinations.” All of Fitzgerald’s female characters are based on aspects of Zelda’s personality. Karen Black as Myrtle Wilson Lois Chiles as Jordan Baker They are rarely positive, but always irresistible to men: Myrtle is screeching and violent; Daisy is pampered, spoiled, and shallow; Jordan is a shameless liar and a cheat. Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan

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