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Alva Erskine Belmont (née Smith; January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896, was an American multi-millionaire socialite and women's suffrage activist. She was noted for her energy, intelligence, strong opinions, and willingness to challenge convention.
Alva Belmont was a prominent socialite of New York City and Newport, Rhode Island, who, in her later years, became an outspoken suffragist. Alva Smith grew up in her birthplace of Mobile, Alabama, and, after the American Civil War, in France. She married William K. Vanderbilt, grandson of
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7 de jul. de 2023 · Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont (1853-1933) was a champion of woman suffrage and equal rights for women. Belmont provided financial support and leadership for the campaign to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
31 de mar. de 2021 · Though not a Vanderbilt by birth, Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont must be mentioned. Born January 17, 1853 in Mobile, Alabama to a wealthy southern family, Alva became aware at a young age that girls and women were looked down upon by boys and men.
6 de jan. de 2017 · Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont was arguably one of the most formidable women of the Gilded Age, and much has been written in connection with her life and accomplishments. In this post we will look at just one aspect, as a person who “loved nothing better than to be knee deep in mortar" and the first woman admitted into the ...
Born into southern aristocracy in 1853, Alva Smith Belmont was educated in France, where the family had moved after the Civil War devastated the American South. They later returned to New York, where Belmont made her society debut and, in April 1875, married William K. Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius.
Alva Eskrine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont was an art collector, architecture authority, member of the American Institute of Architecture, and was active in the Women's Suffrage Movement in the U.S.
