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
Physical Description:print392 pages ; 25 cm.
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.