Alva Belmont

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Alva Belmont was a wealthy American socialite-turned-prominent suffragist and labor activist who used her fortune and influence to support women’s rights and progressive causes in the early 20th century.

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Alva Belmont canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
labor activist ⓘ
suffragist ⓘ
women's rights activist ⓘ
birthName Alva Erskine Smith ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Consuelo Vanderbilt ⓘ
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
William Kissam Vanderbilt II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1853-01-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1933-01-26 ⓘ
era Gilded Age ⓘ
Progressive Era ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
fullName Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont ⓘ
givenName Alva ⓘ
knownFor leadership among wealthy American socialites ⓘ
philanthropy for working women and labor causes ⓘ
supporting militant suffrage tactics ⓘ
using personal wealth to support women's suffrage ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
National Woman's Party ⓘ
movement Progressive Era reform movement ⓘ
women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ
notableEvent divorce from William Kissam Vanderbilt in 1895 ⓘ
marriage to Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont in 1896 ⓘ
notableWork financing suffrage campaigns and demonstrations ⓘ
leadership in the National Woman's Party ⓘ
support for the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ
occupation philanthropist ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
suffrage organizer ⓘ
parentOfNotablePerson Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mobile, Alabama, United States ⓘ
linked to: Mobile, Alabama
placeOfDeath Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris
politicalAlignment progressive ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City

Newport, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris
spouse Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont ⓘ
William Kissam Vanderbilt ⓘ
supportedCause improvement of working conditions for women ⓘ
legal and political equality for women ⓘ
women's right to vote in the United States ⓘ
wealthSource Vanderbilt family fortune ⓘ

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National Woman's Party → notableMember → Alva Belmont ⓘ
subject linked to: NWP
Alva Erskine Smith → alsoKnownAs → Alva Belmont ⓘ