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A review by cjeanne99
A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a remarkable woman who accomplished many things for her time. The story follows her time from near destitution after her father's illness and loss of income - through her marriage and divorce from William Vanderbilt an subsequent marriage to Oliver Belmont.
Her greatest contribution was her work for women's suffrage and involvement in the National Women's Party. I would have appreciated a little less about her daughter Consuelo's romantic liason's and a little more about Alva's life after the death of her second husband. Fowler took great care to focus the story on Alva herself, and recognition of how New York City society treated women in the early 20th century - but left me wanting more.
Her greatest contribution was her work for women's suffrage and involvement in the National Women's Party. I would have appreciated a little less about her daughter Consuelo's romantic liason's and a little more about Alva's life after the death of her second husband. Fowler took great care to focus the story on Alva herself, and recognition of how New York City society treated women in the early 20th century - but left me wanting more.