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Suffrage Day, 5/2/14, Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont (LOC)

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  • Cynthia Wenslow said:
    Mrs. Oliver H.P. Belmont was a prominent suffrage leader. She wrote a suffrage operetta called "Melinda and Her Sisters." Additionally, she was an early advocate for equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender. Mrs. Belmont was also known for "good works" donating time and money to hospitals etc. One of her famous quotes: "The term 'idle rich' is certainly a misnomer now if it ever had a foundation in fact."
  • Wystan said:
    Mrs. Belmont's husband, Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, was a grandson of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose U. S. Navy squadron defeated a British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812.
  • Wystan said:
    Other Bain/LOC photos of doings on Suffrage Day in New York City, May 2, 1914:
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alva_Belmont Alva Erskine Belmont (January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), née Alva Erskine Smith, also called from 1875 to 1896) Alva Vanderbilt, was a prominent multi-millionaire American socialite and a major figure in the women's suffrage movement. Known for having an aristocratic manner that antagonized many people, she was also noted for her energy, intelligence, strong opinions, and willingness to challenge convention. She was married first to William Kissam Vanderbilt, with whom she had three children, and secondly to Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. She died on 26 January 1933 in Paris, France.
  • B-59 said:
    A. Belmont: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/8079896358/

Mrs. [Alva] Belmont at gunmen's trial (LOC)

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  • Harry Angstrom said:
    Is it this woman? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alva_Belmont
  • Public Playground said:
    Alva Belmont was quite a woman! I'm not sure if that's her, though.
  • Nathan Adams said:
    Looks like her to me!
  • swanq said:
    I agree that it looks like her. NYT article (August 15, 1912) at query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B05E6DB113AE633A... suggests that August Belmont (my guess is that would be Alva's brother-in-law but possibly her father-in-law - -both were August) was on the list for the Grand Jury for the Rosenthal murder. [See comments for www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2423488718/] Alva Belmont was a widow by now and had taken on the suffragette cause, which might have included an interest in women being able to serve on juries. Attending such a trials may have been her cup of tea. She had been active in the 1911 strike, monitoring trials, and legislative aftermath of a tragic fire in a sweatshop (the Triangle Shirtwaist fire -- see www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/trials/triangle.htm).
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks for everyone's input. We'll add her first name to the source data and reload the description.

Pupils on Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont's farm for girls (LOC)

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