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A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts
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- ISBN: 9781250095497
- ISBN: 1250095492
- ISBN: 9781250095473
- ISBN: 1250095476
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1 online resource (392 pages) - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Biographical fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Electronic books. Electronic books. |
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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.
