Alva That Vanderbilt Belmont Woman
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Alva That Vanderbilt Belmont Woman
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Author : Margaret Hayden Rector
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Alva That Vanderbilt Belmont Woman written by Margaret Hayden Rector and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Women categories.
The biography of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont.
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
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Author : Sylvia D. Hoffert
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2011-11-23
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont written by Sylvia D. Hoffert and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-23 with Social Science categories.
A fascinating biography of the New York socialite who played a surprising role in the fight for suffrage. Born in the middle of the nineteenth century, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was known to be domineering, temperamental, and opinionated. She married two millionaires, and pressured her daughter to wed an aristocrat. This resolve to get her own way regardless of the consequences stood her in good stead when she joined the American woman suffrage movement in 1909. Thereafter, she used her wealth, her administrative expertise, and her social celebrity to help convince Congress to pass the 19th Amendment and then to persuade the exhausted leaders of the National Woman’s Party to initiate a worldwide equal rights campaign. In this book, Sylvia D. Hoffert argues that Belmont was a feminist visionary and that her financial support was crucial to the success of the suffrage and equal rights movements. She also shows how Belmont’s activism, and the money she used to support it, enriches our understanding of the personal dynamics of the American woman’s rights movement. Drawing upon and analyzing Belmont’s own memoirs, she illustrates how this determined woman went about the complex and collaborative process of creating her public self. “Engaging . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice
Alva That Vanderbilt Belmont Woman
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Author : Margaret Hayden Rector
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Alva That Vanderbilt Belmont Woman written by Margaret Hayden Rector and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The biography of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont.
A Well Behaved Woman
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Author : Therese Anne Fowler
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2018-10-16
A Well Behaved Woman written by Therese Anne Fowler and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with Fiction categories.
The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler, a New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America’s great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York’s old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built nine mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, in A Well-Behaved Woman Therese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted against desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. Meet Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, living proof that history is made by those who know the rules—and how to break them.
A Well Behaved Woman
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Author : Therese Anne Fowler
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-10-16
A Well Behaved Woman written by Therese Anne Fowler and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with Fiction categories.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A glittering depiction of a woman ahead of her time who absolutely refused to be second best' Red Alva Smith, her Southern family destitute after the Civil War, marries into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designs and builds nine mansions, hosts grand balls, and arranges for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defies convention for women of the time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, bestselling author Therese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted with desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. 'A very lively read' Independent 'A pacy, elegant novel' Mail on Sunday 'Wholly absorbing' Stylist 'Like Gossip Girl minus more than a century' The Skimm 'Enthralling' Good Housekeeping ----------------------------------- *PRAISE FOR Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD, A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* 'Brilliant. Read it, read it, read it' Daily Mail 'Superb' Independent on Sunday 'Utterly compulsive reading' Stylist 'A treat' Sunday Times
Consuelo And Alva Vanderbilt The Story Of A Mother And A Daughter In The Gilded Age Text Only
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Author : Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-06-14
Consuelo And Alva Vanderbilt The Story Of A Mother And A Daughter In The Gilded Age Text Only written by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The family trees contained within this ebook are best viewed on a tablet. A fabulously wealthy New York beauty marries a cold-hearted British aristocrat at the behest of her Machiavellian mother – then leaves him to become a prominent Suffragette.
The Suffragents
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Author : Brooke Kroeger
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2017-05-11
The Suffragents written by Brooke Kroeger and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-11 with History categories.
Gold Medalist, 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the U.S. History Category Finalist for the 2018 Sally and Morris Lasky Prize presented by the Center for Political History at Lebanon Valley College The Suffragents is the untold story of how some of New York's most powerful men formed the Men's League for Woman Suffrage, which grew between 1909 and 1917 from 150 founding members into a force of thousands across thirty-five states. Brooke Kroeger explores the formation of the League and the men who instigated it to involve themselves with the suffrage campaign, what they did at the behest of the movement's female leadership, and why. She details the National American Woman Suffrage Association's strategic decision to accept their organized help and then to deploy these influential new allies as suffrage foot soldiers, a role they accepted with uncommon grace. Led by such luminaries as Oswald Garrison Villard, John Dewey, Max Eastman, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and George Foster Peabody, members of the League worked the streets, the stage, the press, and the legislative and executive branches of government. In the process, they helped convince waffling politicians, a dismissive public, and a largely hostile press to support the women's demand. Together, they swayed the course of history.
The Vanderbilt Women
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Author : Clarice Stasz
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2000-01-25
The Vanderbilt Women written by Clarice Stasz and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lucius Beebe said that "The nearest thing to a royal family that has ever appeared on the American scene was the Vanderbilts ... their vendettas, their armies of servitors, partisans and sycophants, their love affairs, scandals, and shortcomings, all were the stuff of an imperial routine." Stasz reveals new facts and insights into the fascinating lives of three generations of Vanderbilt women who dominated New York society from the middle of the eighteenth century through the twentieth. Of special interest are the discovery of unpublished letters and a pseudonymous lesbian novel that shed light on the complex character of the most currently famous Vanderbilt woman, Gloria Vanderbilt.
Consuelo And Alva
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Author : Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Consuelo And Alva written by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A fabulously wealthy New York beauty marries a cold-hearted British aristocrat at the behest of her Machiavellian mother - then leaves him to become a prominent Suffragette.
Gilded Suffragists
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Author : Johanna Neuman
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2017-09-05
Gilded Suffragists written by Johanna Neuman and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with History categories.
In the early twentieth century over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. Although they were dismissed by critics as bored socialites, these gilded suffragists were at the epicenter of the great reforms known collectively as the Progressive Era. From championing education for women, to pursuing careers, and advocating for the end of marriage, these women were engaged with the swirl of change that swept through the streets of New York City.