Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

She was the original manic pixie dream girl.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's muse and the model for all flappers everywhere.

Her lifestyle became society's view of the roaring 20s, but Zelda's inner life couldn't possibly live up to that glorious facade.

Sometimes trying to live up to your image can tear you apart.

The Edge.

Let's talk about Zelda Fitzgerald.

But first, let's drop her into history.

In 1920, prohibition came into effect in the United States.

A New York Times editorial reported that rockets will never fly.

The ACLU was founded.

The first commercial armored car was introduced.

The National Negro Baseball League was organized.

Joan of Arc was canonized as a saint.

A Detroit radio station is the first to broadcast a news program on the air.

Bella Abzug, Ray Bradbury, Rosalind Franklin, Lana Turner, and Helen Thomas were born.

And on April 3rd, 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald married Zelda Sair and the Jazz Age crowned its couple Royal.

Zelda Sair was born on July 24th, 1900, at the family's home in Montgomery, Alabama.

She was the last of five living children of Judge Anthony and the nervous sayer.

She had one brother and three sisters, and she was the youngest by about six years.

She was the last born by a lot of years.

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