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Born Alva Erskine (or Ertskin) Smith on January 17, 1853, in Mobile, Alabama; died on January 26, 1933, in Paris, France; educated in France; married William Kissam Vanderbilt I (1849–1920), in 1875 (divorced 1895); married Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (d. 1908), in January 1896; children: (first marriage) Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877–1964 ...
23 de nov. de 2011 · 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.
6 de dic. de 2012 · Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was an ambitious transatlantic socialite, the mastermind behind the gilded architecture of Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island, and the overbearing mother-of-the-bride at the 1895 wedding of her daughter Consuelo to the Duke of Marlborough.
28 de feb. de 2022 · Alva Belmont was born in Mobile, Alabama on January 17th, 1853. Growing up, Belmont was the middle child of five children and was labeled as an “impossible child”. When Belmont was only four years old, her brother passed away, and vividly remembered family friends making horrible remarks to her parents about how it’s more tragic that her ...
Alva V. Belmont 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. She was born on January 17, 1853, at 201 Government Street in Mobile, Alabama to Murray Forbes Smith, a merchant, and Phoebe Smith.
A New York socialite and feminist, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was known to be domineering, temperamental, and opinionated. Her resolve to get her own way regardles...
After Belmont’s death, Alva was devastated, alienated and eager to start a new chapter. Her interest in social and political reform and activism—inspired by her daughter’s reform work in England and a close friend’s joining the U.S. suffragist cause—prompted Alva to attend her first suffrage meetings around 1908-09.
