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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 Erskine Smith (1853–1933), who married William Kissam Vanderbilt, a son of William Henry Vanderbilt and grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, in 1875. They divorced in 1895 and she married Oliver Belmont, a son of August Belmont, in 1896. They remained married until his death in 1908. [2] [12]
In the 1880s, Alva Vanderbilt succeeded in rising to the top of New York society; Arabella Huntington–one of the richest women in America–did not. Why?
Consuelo as a child Consuelo as a teenager. Born in New York City, Consuelo was the only daughter and eldest child of William Kissam Vanderbilt, a New York railroad millionaire, and his first wife, Alva Erskine Smith, a Southern belle, budding suffragist, and daughter of Murray Forbes Smith.
After the couple divorced, Alva Vanderbilt hosted rallies for women's suffrage at the mansion with a set of dishes painted with the words "Votes for Women." True to its name, Marble House was ...
Bond of the Accessory Transit Company (of Nicaragua), issued 30. November 1855, signed by Charles Morgan. The Accessory Transit Company was a company set up by Cornelius Vanderbilt and others during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s, to transport would-be prospectors from the east coast of the United States to the west coast.
The Alva was donated by Vanderbilt to the U.S. Navy on November 4, 1941. The Alva was converted to a gunboat and commissioned as the USS Plymouth (PG-57) on December 29, 1941. The Plymouth was primarily employed as a convoy escort on the East Coast and in the Caribbean and was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat on August 5, 1943, at 21.39 ...
Carrie Coon's character, Bertha Russell, is obviously representative of Alva Vanderbilt, the real rival of Mrs. Astor. "We have a sense of shape when it comes to the story, but Julien throws in a ...