https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2021-02-11 16:11:04 UTC 2026-02-25 05:01:58 UTC hello@padlet.com davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193094916 Born November 30th 1898]]> 2021-02-11 16:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193094916 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193103907 She was the inspiration for several characters in the novels and short stories of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald.]]> 2021-02-11 16:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193103907 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193113373 King and Fitzgerald shared a youthful romance from 1915 to 1917, but their relationship stagnated after King's father warned the impressionable young writer that "poor boys shouldn't think of marrying rich girls]]> 2021-02-11 16:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193113373 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193119012 2021-02-11 16:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193119012 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193121559 King's second husband, John T. Pirie, Jr., was a business tycoon and owner of the Chicago department retailer Carson Pirie Scott & Company]]> 2021-02-11 16:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193121559 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193122277 Like her mother and her grandmother, she was named after Leonardo da Vinci's oil-on-wood painting Ginevra de' Benci.]]> 2021-02-11 16:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193122277 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193123242 Fitzgerald later claimed that King had rejected him "with the most supreme boredom and indifference."]]> 2021-02-11 16:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193123242 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193123587 In 1937, Ginevra left Mitchell for businessman John T. Pirie, Jr.]]> 2021-02-11 16:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193123587 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193123959 In 1938, Ginevra saw Fitzgerald for the last time in Hollywood, California.]]> 2021-02-11 16:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193123959 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193125123 "She was the first girl I ever loved and I have faithfully avoided seeing her up to this moment to keep the illusion perfect," Fitzgerald informed his daughter Scottie.]]> 2021-02-11 16:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193125123 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193184080 Known as the Fairway Flapper]]> 2021-02-11 16:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193184080 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193188213 Born in 1899]]> 2021-02-11 16:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193188213 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193199002 Grew up in the Lake Forest area of Chicago, the daughter of a banker and homemaker.]]> 2021-02-11 16:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193199002 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193206644 She was sent to a finishing school, called the Westover School]]> 2021-02-11 16:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193206644 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193209319 Once Edith completed school, she returned to Chicago where she became a debutante. ]]> 2021-02-11 16:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193209319 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193217065 Although it isn’t completely clear where Edith and Fitzgerald first met, what is known is that she had quite an influence on him]]> 2021-02-11 16:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193217065 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193226361 However, he also has plenty of connections to Chicago and spent time there, so the two certainly crossed paths on the party circuit. While there, he dated Edith’s friend, Ginevra King, who no doubt introduced the two.]]> 2021-02-11 16:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193226361 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193233605  Fitzgerald immortalized her in The Great Gatsby.]]> 2021-02-11 16:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193233605 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193236797  One of her hobbies consisted of big game hunting]]> 2021-02-11 16:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193236797 davisc622 https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193241897 Dies, November 20, 1984]]> 2021-02-11 16:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/davisc622/bb3jj3nmobn9pblp/wish/1193241897