“Nobody
has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
– Zelda Fitzgerald
Born in Alabama on this date in
1900, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was a prominent Socialite noted for her beauty and
high spirits, and was dubbed by her husband Scott as "the first American
Flapper.” She and Scott became emblems
of The Jazz Age, for which they are still celebrated. 
A great writer of journals, she is
often credited with providing key material for her husband’s book This Side of Paradise. He also often used her as the inspiration for
his other key female characters, including Daisy in The Great Gatsby. Her own
artistic endeavors included a semi-autobiographical novel, Save Me the
Waltz, a play entitled Scandalabra, and numerous magazine
articles, short stories and paintings.
She said her life was meant to be
“lived!” especially through love of those around her. “I don't want to live. I want to love first,
and live incidentally.”
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