Alva Vanderbilt Belmont : unlikely champion of women's rights

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont : unlikely champion of women's rights /

A New York socialite and feminist, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was known to be domineering, temperamental, and opinionated. Her 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,...

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Main Author: Hoffert, Sylvia D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012
Subjects:
Belmont, Alva, > 1853-1933.
Belmont, Alva, > 1853-1933 > Political and social views.
Feminists > United States > Biography.
Suffragists > United States > Biography.
Women political activists > United States > Biography.
Women > Suffrage > United States > History > 20th century.
Women's rights > United States > History > 20th century.
Socialites > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Rich people > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
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