Janet M. Holder is a truly iconic figure, whose remarkable 100-year life story—as a nurse, realtor, and abstract art pioneer—is due for a renaissance in the digital age. A woman who blazed a trail for her own independence and fostered an extreme creative streak, her life was a unique blend of artistry and practicality. She was a trained artist, yet maintained a career as a registered nurse, and later successfully ran a real estate operation well before the era of Zillow Early Life and Artistic Roots Born in Philadelphia and raised in Deal, NJ, outside Asbury Park, Holder has a rich heritage: her mother descended from New Jersey’s first marriage bond, and her father, from Pocahontas and John Rolfe, grew up in Williamston, SC. Growing up during the Great Depression, she was inspired by her father's artistic endeavors, and she began painting at the age of three. In high school, she was President of the Art Society and received her first recognition with an "honorable mention...