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.
- ISBN10 1250095476
- ISBN13 9781250095473
- Publish Date 16 October 2018
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 August 2024
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English