Those who knew her apparently liked her, and the rest would be won over by her money, her beauty, her wit, and her charm. — portraitist Carl Van Vechten (image via Library of Congress) The 1930s gossip columns loooved Nora. She shut down parties; headlined concerts; dyed her hair blonde; acted as muse for Harlem Renaissance artists; frequented speakeasies; married and then divorced and then married again.
A Woman to Know: Nora Holt
A Woman to Know: Nora Holt
A Woman to Know: Nora Holt
Those who knew her apparently liked her, and the rest would be won over by her money, her beauty, her wit, and her charm. — portraitist Carl Van Vechten (image via Library of Congress) The 1930s gossip columns loooved Nora. She shut down parties; headlined concerts; dyed her hair blonde; acted as muse for Harlem Renaissance artists; frequented speakeasies; married and then divorced and then married again.