Sylvia D Hoffert: 2 books
Jane Grey Swisshelm
An Unconventional Life, 1815-1884
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Nineteenth-century newspaper editor Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an unconventionally ambitious woman. While she struggled in private to be a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, she publicly critiqued and successfully challenged gender conventions that restricted her personal behavior, limited...
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
Unlikely Champion of Women's Rights
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
A fascinating biography of the New York socialite who played a surprising role in the fight for suffrage.
Born in the middle of the nineteenth century, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was known to be domineering, temperamental, and opinionated. She married two millionaires, and pressured her daughter...