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Votes for women suffrage pictures, 1850-1920 Collection of photographs and cartoons from the Prints and Photographs Division and Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress.
Alva Belmont, often referred to as Mrs. O.H. P. Belmont (1853-1933), was the most important financier of the militant wing of the suffrage movement in the United States.
Nov 13, 2021 · Featuring pictures of Alva’s private and public lives, photos depict Alva with her children, at her homes, such as Marble House in Rhode Island (site of her “Conference of Great Women”), and with her fellow suffragists, among them Alice Paul and Lucy Burns.
Mar 8, 2021 · Wealthy socialite and suffragist, Long Island's Alva Belmont, was the president and primary benefactor of the National Woman's Party, which fought for women's right to vote in the early 20th...
Recently acquired by the New-York Historical Society, this small plate adorned with the “Votes for Women” slogan is linked to Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, a notable New Yorker whose fascinating, improbable life trajectory began as a society doyenne and ended as suffrage activist.
Votes for women suffrage pictures, 1850-1920 Collection of photographs and cartoons from the Prints and Photographs Division and Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. Contributor: Library of Congress.
In our last two posts, we explored the life of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and dropped in at her Marble House suffrage conferences in Newport, where “Votes for Women” plates like this one may very well have been used.
