On This Day In Alabama History: Zelda Fitzgerald Was Born

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

July 24, 1900

Born on July 24, 1900 in Montgomery, Alabama, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald helped establish an image of the free-spirited woman in the 1920s. She was dubbed by her husband, novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, as “the first American flapper.” She is the presumed inspiration for many of his characters, including Daisy Buchanan in “The Great Gatsby.” In 1932, she completed her only novel, “Save Me the Waltz.” Later in life, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The home she and her husband lived at in Montgomery is now the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum.

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