Belmont, Alva, 1853-1933
Variant namesAlva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont was an American multi-millionaire socialite and women's suffrage activist. In 1909, she founded the Political Equality League to get votes for suffrage-supporting New York State politicians, wrote articles for newspapers, and joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). She later formed her own Political Equality League to seek broad support for suffrage in neighborhoods throughout New York City, and, as its president, led its division of New York City's 1912 Women's Votes Parade. In 1916, she was one of the founders of the National Woman's Party (NWP) and organized the first picketing ever to take place before the White House, in January 1917. She was elected president of the NWP, an office she held until her death.
She was married twice, to socially prominent New York City millionaires William Kissam Vanderbilt, with whom she had three children, and Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Alva was known for her many building projects, including: the Petit Chateau in New York; the Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island; the Belmont House in New York; Brookholt in Long Island; and Beacon Towers in Sands Point, New York.
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referencedIn | Dobbs, Jeannine. Class essays, 1977. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers, 1847-1968 (bulk: 1909-1929) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers, 1847-1968 (inclusive), 1909-1929 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | J. Walter Thompson Company. Lucile Turnbach Platt Papers, 1926-1930 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Laidlaw, H. B. (Harriet Burton), b. 1874. Papers: Series V-VII, 1906-1947 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Laidlaw, Harriet Burton, 1873-1949. Papers, 1851-1958 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Milholland, Inez, 1886-1916. Papers, 1906-1916 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Page, Mary Hutcheson, 1860-1940. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1892-1943 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Page, Mary Hutcheson, 1860-1940. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1892-1943 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Alice Paul, 1785-1985 (inclusive), 1805-1985 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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associatedWith | ALICE PAUL, 1885-1977 |
associatedWith | Dobbs, Jeannine. |
associatedWith | Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. |
associatedWith | Harriet Wright (Burton) Laidlaw, 1873-1949 |
associatedWith | INEZ MILHOLLAND, 1886-1916 |
associatedWith | J. Walter Thompson Company. |
associatedWith | Jane Norman Smith (Mrs. Clarence M.), 1874-1953 |
associatedWith | Laidlaw, H. B. (Harriet Burton), b. 1874. |
associatedWith | Margaret Stephenson Roberts, d. 1952 |
associatedWith | Mary Hutcheson Page, 1860-1940 |
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Birth 1853-01-17
Death 1933-01-26
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Belmont, Alva, 1853-1933
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