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PublisherIndiana University Press

ISBN-10025335661X

ISBN-139780253356611

eBay Product ID (ePID)2309340384

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Book TitleAlva Vanderbilt Belmont : Unlikely Champion of Women's Rights

Number of Pages296 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWomen, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Rich & Famous, Philanthropy & Charity, Women in Politics, Civil Rights, Political

Publication Year2011

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorSylvia D. Hoffert

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20 oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width7.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-024056

ReviewsHoffert's refined understanding of how a biographer's subjectivity shapes the narrative of someone else's life strengthens her engaging look at Belmont's place in history. . . . [H]er expert handling of the autobiographical source material reveals how intricately woven good biography can be. . . . Highly recommended. , Hoffert's refined understanding of how a biographer's subjectivity shapes the narrative of someone else's life strengthens her engaging look at Belmont's place in history.... [H]er expert handling of the autobiographical source material reveals how intricately woven good biography can be.... Highly recommended., "A major contribution to our understanding of the women's rights movement in America and to feminist biography and historiography." Ruth Crocker, author of Mrs. Russell Sage: Women's Activism and Philanthropy in Gilded Age and Progressive Era America, "Hoffert's refined understanding of how a biographer's subjectivity shapes the narrative of someone else's life strengthens her engaging look at Belmont's place in history.... [H]er expert handling of the autobiographical source material reveals how intricately woven good biography can be.... Highly recommended." -Choice, "Hoffert ably tells the fascinating story of Belmont's rise to celebrity status and her crucial contributions to suffrage and the women's rights movement" -CCWH Newsletter, "A major contribution to our understanding of the women's rights movement in America and to feminist biography and historiography."--Ruth Crocker, author of Mrs. Russell Sage: Women's Activism and Philanthropy in Gilded Age and Progressive Era America "Hoffert's refined understanding of how a biographer's subjectivity shapes the narrative of someone else's life strengthens her engaging look at Belmont's place in history. . . . [H]er expert handling of the autobiographical source material reveals how intricately woven good biography can be. . . . Highly recommended."-- Choice "Sylvia D. Hoffert has made a convincing case that Belmont's work on behalf of women's suffrage was critical to the movement's success."-- Journal of American History "Hoffert ably tells the fascinating story of Belmont's rise to celebrity status and her crucial contributions to suffrage and the women's rights movement"-- CCWH Newsletter, "Sylvia D. Hoffert has made a convincing case that Belmont's work on behalf of women's suffrage was critical to the movement's success." -Journal of American History, Hoffert ably tells the fascinating story of Belmont's rise to celebrity status and her crucial contributions to suffrage and the women's rights movement, A major contribution to our understanding of the women's rights movement in America and to feminist biography and historiography., "A major contribution to our understanding of the women's rights movement in America and to feminist biography and historiography." -Ruth Crocker, author of Mrs. Russell Sage: Women's Activism and Philanthropy in Gilded Age and Progressive Era America, Sylvia D. Hoffert has made a convincing case that Belmont's work on behalf of women's suffrage was critical to the movement's success., A major contribution to our understanding of the women's rights movement in America and to feminist biography and historiography.--Ruth Crocker, author of Mrs. Russell Sage: Women's Activism and Philanthropy in Gilded Age and Progressive Era America

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal305.42092 B

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction 1. An Impossible Child 2. Every Inch a General 3. A Sex Battle 4. Immortalizing the Lady in Affecting Prose 5. Belmont's Orphan Child 6. The Last Word Postscript: My Turn Appendix: Belmont's Financial Contributions to Woman's Rights Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisA New York socialite and feminist, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was known to be domineering, temperamental, and opinionated. Her resolve to get her own way regardless of the consequences stood her in good stead when she joined the American woman suffrage movement in 1909. Thereafter, she used her wealth, her administrative expertise, and her social celebrity to help convince Congress to pass the 19th Amendment and then to persuade the exhausted leaders of the National Woman's Party to initiate a world wide equal rights campaign. Sylvia D. Hoffert argues that Belmont was a feminist visionary and that her financial support was crucial to the success of the suffrage and equal rights movements. 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. Her analysis of Belmont's memoirs illustrates how Belmont went about the complex and collaborative process of creating her public self., Her analysis of Belmont's memoirs illustrates how Belmont went about the complex and collaborative process of creating her public self.

LC Classification NumberHQ1413.B44H64 2012