A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts

Summary: Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built 9 mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement.

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ISBN: 9781250095473
ISBN: 1250095476
ISBN: 9781250095497
Physical Description: print
392 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Belmont, Alva 1853-1933 Fiction
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United States Social life and customs 1865-1918 Fiction
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