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 speakeasie…
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