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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.
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.
Although the Belmonts already had two summerhouses in Newport, Rhode Island, Alva's Marble House and Oliver's Belcourt Castle, they desired a new estate on Long Island. Brookholt was the result. [2] Oliver Belmont died an early death at the estate in 1908, following an operation for appendicitis. [3] Some scholars have alleged that Alva Belmont ...
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?
Marble House was Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present. She later became a leader in the women's suffrage movement. See inside Marble House, a 50-room Gilded Age mansion that a Vanderbilt heir ...
Alva Vanderbilt at her official opening of the chateau in March 1883, held with a masquerade ball for 1000 guests and reportedly costing $3 million. The mansion was built for William Kissam Vanderbilt , second son of William H. Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam from 1878 to 1882. [ 4 ]
Cathleen Vanderbilt; CBS Studio Building; Chompion; Christopher Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea; HMY Conqueror II; Consuelo Vanderbilt; Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt; Cornelius Vanderbilt; Cornelius Vanderbilt II; Cornelius Vanderbilt III; Cornelius Vanderbilt IV; Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt; Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney; Consuelo Costin
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 ...