Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for Women's Right to Vote

by Johanna Neuman and Neuman

Book Overview

New York City's elite women who turned a feminist cause into a fashionable revolution

In the early twentieth century over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. Their names--Astor, Belmont, Rockefeller, Tiffany, Vanderbilt, Whitney and the like--carried enormous public value. These women were the media darlings of their day because of the extravagance of their costume balls and the opulence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479806625
• ISBN13: 9781479806621
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Washington Mews Books/Nyu Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"